Show POULTRY PO em GROWING PULLETS NEED MORE GRAIN mash Is not so important says by C S PLATT professor of poultry husbandry new jersey college of agriculture service when pullets are from 12 to 24 weeks old it is best to feed them two or three times as much grain as mash because birds at this stage of growth require considerably less le ss protein for good development than do younger birds this change in ration may be made easily for if birds of this age are allowed free access to bot both h grain and mash at all times they will adjust their feeding habits to suit their needs allowing pullets to make their own choice about the amount of mash and grain they eat especially y when they are from 12 to 24 weeks of age has proven desirable from many standpoints it encourages the development of normal body weight and good health and it promotes normal egg production with the least number of peewee pee wee and pullet size eggs this method of feeding may be continued until egg production exceeds 50 per cent too much mash in the ration caused by restricting the grain supply makes a bird consume more protein than she needs with the result that the surplus quantity must be eliminated from her system while heavy feeding of mash during the latter period of body development stimulates egg production earlier than when heavy grain feeding is practiced the birds will produce small eggs for a longer period of time |