Show i K y x x x x axx poultry hints X X 5 X X X X ax to get best results chicks of no breed should be hatched after the first ot of may if due attention is not paid to the vita vitamins mines in the ration disappointments are in store the late hatched chicks are subjected to many parasites and diseases which the earlier ones one escape oyster shell limestone or other lime hearing bearing material help to supply hens bens with the cal calcium cluni they need the summer egg production from the early maturing pullets is just as good as from the late maturing pullets see flint the house receives no moisture because of location and make sure that lack of ventilation does not create moisture within thorough examination of tile the interior or of the poultry hoube for mites and bedbugs might reveal lesions legions of these unwelcome 0 guests if they are present paint the roosts boosts roost supports ports and rear wall with pure in at it is almost impossible to do a goo good job of culling if the farm flock has been improperly fed I 1 most of the heavier breeds will give better results if hatched pre previous 1 to april 1 the chicks not only grow better but the pullets will start laying earlier in the fall experiments hue proved that chickens can be kept in confinement throughout their lives without restricting strict ing their growth or egg production tuberculosis in poultry can be definitely diagnosed by a post mortem or by the tuberculin test given by a veterinarian eri 0 frequent culling of the slow feath ering cring and slow vowing growing birds during tile the range period makes tile the culling job easier when the chickens are housed photoelectric cells have been applied I 1 to an all egg candling machine it automatically selects the bad eggs and rejects thorn them as they pass on a belt in fro trout t of the cell |