Show HATCH EARLY GET PROMPT PRODUCERS pullets should come into late summer yield li by dr W C po thompson amps on poultry DY department part ment n rutgers e r u university w gity service plan spring ng egg hatches so that there will be pullets starting production for the dit duration ration of the late summer summer and fall fail months tor for a more nearly balanced income through the year judging from the experiences of many hundreds ol of poultry men during recent years it would seem to be an economical and efficient practice to plan to bring off approximately 25 per cent of the total number of chicks desired during 1939 as early hatched so that the pullets from those hatches will come into egg yield in late july or during august such early hatched leghorn pullets would reach first egg about august I 1 and continue in satisfactory is production until mid Novelia november ber if such early hatched pullets are put under artificial lights inthe late tall fall a tendency toward partial i nolt molt and a somewhat reduced egg yield can probably be avoided late summer or early tall fall egg prices are usually good for the supply of fresh eggs at that season Is often low to be able to take advantage of that situation the would do well to consider starting his chick season early another advantage of having 25 per cent of the chicks early hatched Is that it makes possible a more economical and efficient use of incubation and brooder equipment |