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Show Last Year's Pullets Using last year's pullets instead of second-year hens is often responsible respon-sible for poor hatches and weakly ' chickens which usually show high mortality, especially during theii first ten days. Overfat hens will cause infertility and care must be taken to keep birds muscular ani active. The most important factoi is the male, whose vigorous anc stronz eerms are responsible foi fertility, according to the experience of a poultry expert in the Los Angeles An-geles Times. |