Show J EARLY separation URGED FOR CHICKS experiment station expert favors segregation by prof W C thompson poultry alus hu bandman ban druan university N J service A great advantage to the will result if his birds are separated era ted as to their inherited trait of early medium or late maturity students 0 of poultry breed improvement have found ample evidence to indicate that the best producers for tile the pullet year other things being equal are the individuals which start laying early for leghorns Leg horns borns this would be between and days of ag age ge such birds are precocious layers in every hatch batch of chicks this spring there will be some individuals among the young pullets which will be precocious there will be some which will not come into laying maturity until from to days of age and there will be still others which are decidedly late maturing in preparation for such a basis of selection election every hatch batch of chicks should be toe marked in such a manner manner that the date of hatch batch for every pullet will always be known one hatch for example might be marked with an outside left toe mark another hatch batch with an inside left toe mark and later hatches batches with other identifying toe marks |