Show only hens that do not go broody for breeders bleeders Bre eders in flocks of farm poultry of breeds such ns as rhode island reds plymouth rocks and Wyan dottes in which some hens go broody and others ao do not it pays to cull the broody hens and to use in the breeding flock only the hens that do not go broody in studies of poultry breedl breeding ng at the united states animal husbandry experiment peri ment farm at beltsville md dopart department part ment of A agriculture invests In investigators vesti acors found that in the flock of rhode island islan d reds the pullets that went broody laid on the average about ISO eggs in their first year in comparison with an average of approximately eggs by the pullets that did not go broody tile the difference of two dozen eggs in a year would make a material difference in the profit from a hen the tendency toward broodiness ss Is to a considerable degree hereditary broody hens are likely to have broody daughters in a few years the culling of broody hens from the laying flock would materially reduce the broodiness of the flock |