Show no profit in keeping weak pullets in flock weak pullets should be disposed of as soon as possible after they are out of the incubator according to leon todd of the purdue university faculty ul ty poorly feathered chicks often called bare backs bacis usually are the result of an inherited tendency and one prominent hatchery man told me he had tits his loch flock owners band each poorly hatched chick he said none of the banded birds was used as bleeders brooders bro bre oders eders and after using this scheme it no longar was necessary to use bonds to identify the bare hade keep young birds barda and layers separated to prevent disease dI sense he warned place the brooder house in clover or alfalfa near a corn field find and move it a few bev ards 3 ards every three or four weeks and be surer sure there Is plenty of water for the birds bird s |