Show sunlight Is source of vitamin D aids poultry sunlight Is just as essential to good poultry health as green feed fresh water and clean quarters the wise poultry raiser whether he has a s sizable flock or only a few hens will find profit in providing proper sim sunshine shine pens runways f feeding eding houses brooders broaders bro oders and yards should be planned carefully to take full advantage of the health giving rays says a writer in the los angeles times know too that sunlight is an important source of vitamin D essential to normal growth and health of all animals in the case of poultry they need the vitamin D of the suns rays because Q 1 adult birds become weakened and soon develop tickets rickets without adequate sunshine without the sun the growth of young birds is stunted and they turn out to be sickly scrawny specimens 2 egg production is affected vitally if your flock is producing soft or paper thin shelled eggs the reason may be that it is not getting enough sunshine |