Show Poultry mans profit in fall and winter eggs does your poultry flock return a good profit over the cost of feed during the year it has been found that when laying hens are fed all the grata grain they will consume leghorns Leg horns and similar breeds eat cat from 70 to 80 pounds of grain a year creeds breeds like the plymouth rock rhode island cited and wyandotte Wran dotte cat from 80 to 05 93 pounds all breeds eat cat from 2 to 3 poun pounds ds of oyster shell and about I 1 pound of grit a year the average farm hen lays less than GO 60 eggs a year principally from march to june the season of lowest prices yearly profits on eggs depend largely on production in fall and winter according to the united states department of agriculture rations nations for laying stock should include scratch grains mashes meat feed green feed mineral feed grit and drink the scratch ration should be scattered through the litter in the poultry house so that the hens got get plenty of exercise |