Show good chicks pay in laying house next fall fal 11 it will take attree enree chicks to produce every pullet that goes into the laying louse bouse next nest fall poultry authorities estimate one chick usually dies one of the two left Is a cockerel and the thirty third should mature into a good healthy pullet purchasers of chicks should keep this general recommendation in mind in planning their flock program in buying chicks it is essential that good quality chicks be secured it Is impossible to produce good hens from poor chicks under the code hatch thymen will not sell chicks below cost of production it costs more to produce a good chick than a poor one consequently they will cost the buyer more however the additional cost of a cent or two on a chick does not amount to much in the value of the pullet that goes into the laying house next winter it will only take a few more eggs per lien hen to pay the difference in a lot of good chicks and a lot of cheap chicks A quality chick is the result of careful lock flock management years of breeding and a program of disease control prairie farmer |