The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-12-16
MOLTINC PULLETS.
ny q l1 tonhry


cpra udorny go glmn@In
when his pulIrle on trntblnE ~
tnllty, and po,hnpe nlto' laying 81
few oRgt, suddenly go into . mott
without ANY apparent cauue
is u moai Encouraging aunalinn
for II mruna that TIA" hitdR wall
not produces durng the nnyt = or :
month"; juHl when they uhouId ~
ally bo dong their moat pot ahie
work ol tho year
According 10 al rulca rnlr0e
phould not mott and handled
light, lhoy viii not tuw Of all,
bear ia mind TINT pullotp hntchod
early IN he yonl ao} before March,
are quite liable to mott Ia ht'
tall, aud lhie eelrcloIly trno win
The early maturing brccde ltAo the
Leghorn. Therefore, VS. HhalI not
her. refer $50 much 10 thrao "a 10
the later hntched bjrdn thHt otdl
nntlly should not mott til lho tot
lowing Hummor.
You know ut courpr, That with
old bilda you can bring Oh Ii
nloIt IL, most any TIME IN ne ann.
mer ., fall that you draIre hy a
certain method oi feeding 10 IN
duee early mott You pat the hirde
on ahoit rntiuue tor a couple 81
weeks giving them only huali
norton of the food thcy would
eat, pcrhnpH combining the dict Of
only one or two nitlcloH ihat q"
not make - complete ration MAJ
uraIly, ihia stops nll laying mud
draws heavily on the tnwl'H e}
tenn. aud then when you ognn -.
aumo heavy feeding the change
eaua.a the feathers to iooHen nud
he bird iH RooD IN tnll mott
rhin met hod. when Il liIeI hecame
known was prartic.d considerably,
but today ite supporters are lev
and # ~ usually connldr'ed heat 10
allow nature 10 take rs own time
In regard to Noting
Now cnuaee very umilnr - th'
forced mott 10 hens canseh III,
Noting of pullela. a he i'm,
whom the pulIetH are making heil
beat growth aud nearing maturity
their owner faila To recognize tha'
their incrunsed alze calls for 4
greater quantity of feed from time
To tlme Or, he may not have
changed the ration 10 meet thu
/ eedn Of The birdA aud he inek q
certain elemehtH upeeia the ma
ural balance IN he bfid's aysle ~
rhIs may happen with birds ~
rang. aa well ae with those tia
are yarded, for IN the fail there i
, far leAp food 10 be picked up thar
during The summer aud the chang
ed conditions may not bn consid
cred IN the feeding
Where the fooa to meet the II
creased sizN aud development /
, not Incoming, the pullet draw
on the system. Ths results in
. loosenlng of the feathers aud in
stead of u nice lot of pnllets pf'
+ duciug high priced egge, we hay
i hem on our hundA for HoVeta
7 months IA u bill OF expense.
Sometimes pulets are stArte'
l off Oh mott by nothing more tina
II change in the feed AT IA cfltIcn
4 period in their development
= This change may be too abrupt q
. radical or the new feed may b
i strange to them requiring sewers
i. days for them to get aoouatome
6 to IL. their system being improper
ly nouriahed IN the meantime
= Theae seemingly little mietake
4 often result IN much harm and cn
l., only he guarded against whe
!, given the intelligent thought III
:, ceasafy 10 locate the cause, it
there ia u reason for all thef
troubles and IL il not profitable /
II have them repeated.
Variety In feeding Ia very ei
il sential but this does not inca
/, that you should give one 81 tw
y kinds OF grains for "a few days ,
y weeks, and then something dlfe
!, ont for II like period. Variet
ahauiI roma thru tho upn of mi
/ lures or 10y making nystemat
y changes in tho different meals I
:, :, IN their arrangement for the III
:" ferent days of the week.
d 1t doesn't pay TO make radlc
! changes in the feeding of eth,
;, hens or pullets. II there IA To |
Il II decided change mix u very litt
of the new feed with the old for
ID couple of days and then gradual
increase tho quantity 40 TIL
- when finally the new feed IL uas
4 entirely the hens will not realii
" what has been done and 10 III 4
* fects will be noticeable in the 90
yield or other vice.
When the days ehortep aud II
nights get cold aud long try
help your pullets along IN evei
, way possible in their deveIopme
: and preparation for season
heavy laying They need pIen