Show FEEDING HENS AND PULLETS I 1 profits profit decrease where young and old stock are ar kept together provide separate yards yard A good many people who might otherwise be with their poultry have their profit decreased because they allow the young and old stock block to remain undivided in the same house or pen or both during the growing period A t this particular time the young stock needs a great deal of food and needs to be protected from the old ones which if allowed to do so BO will abuso abuse them more or less it if free range Is impossible provide separate yards and always keep the young lit in separate buildings if possible or in a separate room at least it if you a separate building you can very easily provide an extra room of some sort burt for them to roost in pullets getting ready to lay need more feed as a rule than hens which have molted bolted out well because the pullets need to finish their growth and maturity as well as make eggs this Is another reason why the young stock and the old should be kept sep arate the feed question should also be considered as the young hen often needs different rations than the old in order to produce certain qualities which the one has and the other has not |