Show high production birds happy and good eaters early rising and late retiring are good signs in a flock of poultry since they indicate vigor 0 hens with these characteristics s should hould be selected for a breeding flock on farms where chicks are hatched says a writer in prairie farmer it Is easier to get a small flock of goodline good lins lyens together and mated with roosters from high producing flocks than it is to increase flock production by hatching batching 0 eggs from the farm flock the birds used in the breeding lock flock should be the super birds of the entire flock they should be selected for breed character vitality and constitutional vigor birds that have these will be bright eyed have glossy plumage and lots of energy 2 as indicated by the way they move around and scratch for feed birds that are physically stron strong have good appetites high produced producers will be found most frequently at the feed hoppers |