Show 9 I 1 SUCKS H HAVE E RIGHT TO PROPER START therefore rhe give attention to hatching eggs successful colorado poultrY men who produced eggs tor for hatching batching find that it pays to give close attention to 1 the condition find and care of the breeding flock and 2 proper csire care of hatching batching eggs before they are tet set more farmers and poultry men than usual are hatching their own chicks with setting hens the goad old eld fas fashioned lone method reports 0 0 ufford extension at the colorado agricultural college the breeding flock bock from which latching lia telling eggs are being produced L says ays ufford afford should be carefully culled to eliminate hens that are too fa fat lack vigor or health or have serious defects of type and color bacillary white diarrhea a serious disease of young chicks cornea comes from hens in the breeding flock that are affected he adds adda it Is not possible to recognize such hens except by blood testing the individual birds green feed and sunshine supply vitamins that are needed for normal health and growth of chicks it la is pointed out the baby chick first fir st makes use of vitamins when it Is developing in the egg but the egg will not contain these important elements unless the breeding flock Is fed a ration that supplies them therefore the flock should have plenty of sunshine and a well bal alced ration that includes green feeds minerals and water |