| Show EARMARKS OF GOOD LAYERS chalky white whit E ear lobe indicates indicate hen la Is laying heavily he ly rubex rub laid it down by car cornell ou expert when you yen go out into the he hen yard to get a chick chicken n or two tor for the sun day dinner you naturally want to se feet the ones as that se are poor la ers there probably Is isn t may any am way ot tell hen leg ing 1 in aary case by a hen a looks vili whether ether or not she he 1 la a good layer r but the following rules rulea laid down by professor root kent of cornell are the re sult suit of a good deal ot of study and ad ob all tiong most eases loo they will hold bold good lo 10 fellow allow logged birds bird quickly y lay of the color I 1 in the their r shanks when they a are laying A h hen which I 1 la laying heavily almost loses the yellow color out ot of her shanks after molting bolting the yellow color returns quickly examination of 0 the ear lobe Is con soldered to be almost I 1 infallible A ch chalky thy white our ear lobe indicates indicate that a bird is laying bil b heavily il wh whereas an a cream colored one shows hot the bird Is laying moderately he has just jt td t d or has just stopped A re milk ilk colored ear or lobe shows boo that the be hen he has laid siella it ly or has stopped levies laving A very or dark ear car lobe indicates that the hen has not net laid at all it Is to be remembered that an ex a white bite ear lobe also may mean very low vitality the more velvety the texture of the comb of a hen Is the better Is her health and it li 19 almost a certain sign that she Is haling heavily out of 40 hens under der up observation c ibm a at cornell six with ith vitality chalky u white lilt ear car bill lobes snowed showed that they had laid 22 ego that that week eck 16 eggs the previous week ok and ad nine I 1 the week before that of six other hens with ill creamy my eai 1 lobea lobe four laid 15 eggs egg that week and ad three laid 12 I 1 the week before and ad ahr three am more laid bid nine eggs the prior or week weak seven lieas hens with sith yellow ear lobes were examined and only one of the them had isid an egg that week weak bud and four Z the us week herk before nine hens bens with very dark ear lobes showed I 1 that 1 at they had bad not laid an egg to tor r weeks |
