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Show Give Pullets Attention in Development Period It is from well-developed pullets that the poultryman will make a profit on his flock this fall and winter. win-ter. Poorly-developed birds show a high mortality when placed in the laying house, nor do they lay so well. "This means that the young birds now being grown out should have attention given to their range, their shelters, their food, and other vital necessities," says C. F. Parrish, extension ex-tension poultryman at North Carolina Caro-lina State college. "Developing pul lets need free range on land that has not been used by chickens or has been cultivated since the last flock used it. Range shelters are filling a definite need in the poultry program and such shelters are easi ly constructed. A range shelter In an orchard planted to a cover crop makes an ideal place to raise and develop the future layers." Parrish says there are many sys terns of feeding, and the expert enced grower will use. the one which has paid him best Under no circumstances, however, should he use the dole system. Full feeding is always desirable. A plentiful supply sup-ply of fresh, clean water Is also es sential. Over 50 per cent of the bird's body Is water and full development de-velopment will be retarded where a plentiful supply is not available. |
