Show for winter eggs delaying the housing of pullets until they are well started laying Is one of the main causes of a winter anil and fall fail molt a disastrous blow to winter egg production says miss cora cooke extension specialist in poultry minnesota university farm houses and equipment should be ready so that the pullets can be shoved in as soon as they start to lay A ready house Is one that Is clean thoroughly dis infected insulated tor for winter and well vell ventilated in the n i later inter as well as in the summer dont have a lot of fixing to be done on the house after the pullets are in miss cooke admonishes because I 1 it t worries them too much she advises sorting the pullets keeping the big thrifty yellow leg ged 0 ones ties and shipping the runty pale ones any surplus of good pullets should be sold as an overcrowded house Is not conducive to profits even with the best of hens miss cooke also advocates separating the pul pullets 1 et 8 into two lots if some are further developed than others |