The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28
SURPLUS COCKERELS
ARE NOT YALUELESS
May Be Made a By-PrOduct on
Egg Farms Where They
Are Nuisance.
MlCH DEPENDS on FEED
u, PROF. JAMES n. NORMAN.

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pc no great un'etence ~ .ne n'e", su",.-
ue@ OF 'O'herels from an orer"s W io"''.
iut many poultry raiSers from 'ack OF
room or TO avoid the trouble OF caring
Tor 'heir cockereIs u sumcieht iens'n o'
time to make their most rapid growth
dispose OF them as fryers when 8 weeks
or , months old. THIS is TOO early 10
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> cockcrels can be put on the market as
, fryers very early. when prices are high.
they practically cost TO raise all they
bring on the market. Only "A few poul-
. try ra.sers having speCia, facilities for
patching and raising chicks very early
{ can hope to make flyers profitable when
marketed ~ young as 6 weeks. TheIr
y profits come from the much higher price
" fryers. sold to "a select trade around
Easter time and UP to the last Of May.
With the great majority OF poultry
keepers, however, Matching hardly be
gins until the middle or last Of March
continuing to about the end OF Nav
Under these conditions cockerels canro,
a ~ sold as frvere until into June or July
II. 81 that time market prices have de.
Y cliued Cockerels cannot be sold as fry.
era then al a reasonable profit because
n young chicks need more care ana grow
i-ss rspidlv during the first two al
three months Of their lie. II Is q mis-.
take to sell cockerels. except for \
Y special early trade. UNI, they are q
least four months old.
II A. soon as their ex -,n he deter
mined. tho cockerels should be- pcunec
by themselves. Their. are several rca
sons for this. " allowed To run viii
older fowls they do not Cet their prope
share Of food for normal Growth. |
young pullets and cockere.s run 90
e., cc,hcr. especially after they a." three
months old. tho cockcrels gct more MAJ
n their share ~ food AZ tho expens" .
the pullc;s, which may become s'untcf
n II CoCkerels are placed by theniSeire
when about three months cd they grow
up Gu't" contented. are reaceabIN ~
'iru"d. i"uuir" less attention and put "'
- flesh rap.dlv.i II properly Ted, since inc
'' are ,ontined they d" not run 20 muscle
'N The fio>h ~ co.N"re.s kept under th's
~ conditions - almost as tender ana ,hl''
y as Ia" fssh or caponS
-, rms IS tHpeC'h'E Tue '"S WIN Coz
tre!s or me heavier pr'edH OF '""'
Nhen kiled ana "'esse" l"F mara "
theN present an uhusua'IE ATTRACTIVE Az
=. pearance th'N 'othhnahu 'he peS' '''e
AS fryers or Young roas'efS
IT IN" poultry raiser pen space
llnited IL ~ a Eoou p'actIce ~ "'SVoS
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