Show rip WJ CULLING METHODS QUITE IMPORTANT much money lost each year by unskilled manner all the good methods in building a profitable poultry flock may be followed but if culling la Is not practiced the results fire are disappointing culling Is one or of the most discussed pleases of poultry work says 0 P F parrish poultry exien extension sion specialist at the north carolina state college there Is a great deal of money lost each year on unskilled and ill timed culling most poultry men are elastic in their culling practices leaving weaklings wea klings short and round backed birds deformed or undersized der sized chicks with the hope that these may develop into profitable birds this Is bad ad such birds are always costly culling must start with the baby chicks and space may be saved ii and nd disease eliminated if the baby chicks tire are rigidly culled this culling needs to be followed on through the growing stage and when the pullets are transferred to the laying house in the fall the good poultry man will pull out the weak lings that may have been over overlooked looke d earlier if eg egg I 1 production drops suddenly it may be a case of poor feed or disease but when birds have gone eight month s and have not laid it menns means that they are from low pro dicing stock and should be disposed of at the laying flock should be culled at least east once each month says mr parrish then when egg prices drop in the spring another rigid culling should take place with only the best hens in the flock kept in the laying kayin libuse house the virtue of this plan Is that the hens liena aro are marketed as they become culls and no birds are kept that are are not paying their way in egg production in such cases also the hens ore are not all lumped on the market when prices may be low to cull properly mr parrish suggests giving attention to tha comb health eyes molt pelvic bones flexibility of the abdomen shank and beak vent color and wet weight glit |