Show REMOVE ROOSTERS FROM HEN F LOCK FLOCK I 1 poor eggs result from lazi ness and neglect I 1 with the coming oi of warmer er r titer there e will be h the usual rapid lh crease in the flow of poor quality eggs ii on the markets unless flock owners adopt control measures As first produced produce eggs are about FIB ill nearly early it n perfect food product as 0 one tie can find says 0 F parrish extension poultry specialist at the north carolina Qa rolina state college it if the hen Is properly fed the nest clean and the eggs gathered bothered twice each day in hot weather and stored in a cool clean place until delivery to the consumer the market will pay the top price gladly but on the other hand blind it if roosters are allowed to run with the loch flock after the hatching season li Is over if the hens are not well fed if the nests are dirty find and the eggs gathered occasionally and kept in a poorly ventilated ti warm room the consumer feels like ordering a gas mask along with tits his eggs mr air parrish insists that bad eggs are not acel accidents dents they result from laziness neglect and poor management it Is just as easy he says to produce bf high b qu quality allty 1 infertile fertile 6 eggs as it Is to offend the customers with stale fertile low quality eggs farmers of the state lose about ROO 00 each season because of bad methods tn in producing and handling this product at least one third of tills this Is due to the partial hatching of fertile eggs have become warm enough to incubate ilot hot days have the same name effect on fertile eggs as the hen or incubator and the first step Is to remove the male bird from the lock Is as soon as lint hatching ching Is over he has nothing to in do with egg production five good rules to observe are given by mr air parrish ns as follows keep nest clean and provide one nest for eve every ry four hens gather gaither eggs twice each day market the eggs twice each week store them in a cool dry place such ns as the collar cellar and pen or dispose of nil all roosters after the breeding to id follow these five suggestions Is 19 to improve the quality odthe of the product |