Show FARM TOPICS topics NEW CHICKS EVERY MONTH GIVEN 0 K plan may change program on many poultry farms by H R C ogier ogle ne new york state college 01 of agri agriculture r service new chicks every month in the year is the newest plan that is gaining in popularity among poultry men this is a change from producing chicks in the natural mating season for birds or during the spring and early summer months the new plan may change the entire poultry ry program at least in the product production io n of poultry meat and tand eggs it is a trend away from putting all bjur your eggs in one basket poul thymen who have adopted the new program say that the use ot of equipment throughout the year is efficient and that a more or less constant supply of nei new v pullets just starting to lay should prove profitable regardless of the method earl early y hatched pullets late hatched pullets or pullets on any 0 ther other plan can give results only in proportion to correct breeding feeding and management practices the profitableness of a flock 0 of f laying pullets is determined larg largely ely by the number of eggs the pullets lay and the length of time over which they lay them in general birds of the mediterranean varle varieties are best when they lay their first eggs at not less than days after hatching and birds of the american varieties not less than days after hatching this provides enough days for birds to make good growth and brings them into production before the arrival of short days and cold weather |