Show health abild vigor are important in culling at least once during the summer or early fall the poultry lock flock should be culled to get rid of the birds that are not paying for their keep health and vigor are of first importance la in culling poultry hens in good laying condition have bright red combs comba and wattles good layers have combs that are very waxy in texture in yellow breeds the beak and shanks ks of the heavy layers are ordinarily pale yellow or white the public bones of a good layer are thin and flexible and and when the hen Is in laying condition they are wide apart the skin of a good layer Is soft pliable and of good texture and the back Is wide and long another biml point Is the time of molting bolting mol ting poor layers usually molt earlier than good ones heavy layers generally do not begin to molt before september or october culling not only improves the breeding quality of the hock flock but it if done early enough will save feeding costs and spread the marketing of surplus liens hens over n longer period than if the culled hens tire are all marketed late in the fall I 1 |