Show E N FAC 5 mature hens will stand considerable cold if they are an dry so should not be shut in too tightly to conserve animal heat instead protect them by insulating su the walls and ceiling ot of the poultry house insulating will keep the house warmer in winter and cooler in summer A high teed feed intake is ement essential ial tor for best bed egg production A laying bird normally eats from six to seven pounds ot of teed feed per month tour four to five pounds ot of which goes to maintain her body it if she can be made to eat an extra halt half pound per month by the use ot of electric lights wet mashes or laceria checker feeding it goes into extra egg production A new dust spray tor for the treatment ot of colds and roup is 13 rapidly becoming popular with flock owners called chlorena its sprayed over the birds while on the roosts boosts at ni night it causes sneezing which expels the accumulations ot of mucous from the upper respiratory pir atory tract its obtainable at any store handling purina feeds invariably houses with high ceilings are cold damp houses lowering them with a layer of insulation about 6 feet above the floor is recommended five to six gallons of dr drinking hiking water damy dally to each birds Is essential to a flock of layers in summer the water should be cool and fresh in winter the drinking fountains should never be allowed to freeze usually its best to have some sort of rack on which to set the drinking fountains this gives the birds a place to stand while they drink also it provides drainage for the water that drops from their wattles and beaks the number of eggs a hen lays is largely determined by the teed feed she gets when she gets grain alone she lays only a few eggs but when that grain Is helped out by a carefully blended balanced laying mash or when a complete all mash laying ration fortified with the necessary vitamins and minerals Is fed she lays many eggs proof of this is the average of the figures sent to purina mills last year by the owners of over a half million hens fed purina laying mashes these hens averaged eggs per year which Is more than double the national 82 egg average estimated for the country as a whole by the US department of agriculture |