Show CARE OF PULLETS influences EGGS fowls should be developed gradually to save vigor their care and management mana geme n t largely determines the egg production to bo be expected from pullets through the winter months to force the growth of pullets by the continuous use of a heavy protein let diet Is poor parc tice says 0 a ufford extension poultry specialist of the colorado agricultural college they should develop gradually so as to have body vigor for the long and continuous period of heavy egg production the normal growing period for breeds of the leghorn type Is from five to six months when properly managed and fed ufford points out plymouth rocks Wyan Wyandol dottes tes and rhode island reds require from one to two months longer for their normal growth A good plan of management Is 13 to hatch batch early and start feeding a growing mash when the chicks are three or four weeks old and continue it until they are three or four months old when the pullets comb begins to turn a bright red Is good indication to cut down on animal food after this a slower growth of the eg begs organs Is desired it can an bi be secured by elimination of the milk and the meat meal in the mash for one to two months prior to the time it is desired to bring the pullets into production ufford recommends a 0 ration as follows corn weal meal 35 pounds ground wheat 50 60 pounds ground barley or oats 10 pounds and bone meal 5 pounds with alth such a rati ration on they will put on body weight and fat they will go into winter egg production with greater vigor and vl vitality as a result |