Show daily record of hens Is advice of expert the poultry flock like a football team needs a record of plays made of the number of first downs or eggs laid and the number of players taken out of the game or the number of hens removed from the laying house the man who sells eggs finds it pays to count his chickens both before and after they are hatched it if he wants to know how well his flock is producing says prof L M hurd of the poultry department part ment at cornell university A daily record of eggs laid by pullets and by hens together with a record of all culling and deaths in the flock helps the to find the source of his profit or loss A calendar to jot down this daily information may be fastened to the wall of the egg room |