Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-09-21

i u about Stoekmen-Follo-ing
III Piow and Shoyel-Dry Farm
~ ing Notes of Interest
SOME PERTINENT POINTERS
FOR POULTRY BREEDERS
Prepared for the Colorado Springs
harm News by II Paso Couz,y 1
arm Bureau Chairman
d Is possible to secure fairly ae-
-..-e individual records By ply
a. tests without the Use Of a trap
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EEg production causes q rapid
faHEg out Of the yellow pigment Of
rho yellow skinned varieties. leaving
... naturally yellow section white or
F.-klsh white in color.
Hens on grass range do not bleach
a-i as rapidly as hens in confinement.
he skin around the vent is first TO
."ac is color, followed in turn by
eye ring, ear lobe. lower beak. upper
1sa Ak and shanks.
Yellow color comes back after lay
.HE ceases in the same order in which
vent out, but more rapidly.
Pigment tests in the fall are more
apt 70 be accurate than in the spring
mf summer.
Practically all layers have seasons
Of nou-pnoductiVeness or rest periods.
By culing early in the summer. the
hens with 4 long rest period are
Eliminated.
By keeping those hens which lay
ate and which do not rest until the
Hrst Of September or after the best
ayers are automatically selected.
Broodiness often causes serious
uss IN egg production. The loss due
60 broodiRess is much less where the
hens are properly cared for and
promptly broken up.
Pick the pullets 10 put in the laying
pens IN the fall on basis Of good
size, pronounced vigor and ample
body capacity.
Bear in mind that il Is the early
maturing pullets which lay the most
eggs, for they not only have more
stamina and productive ability, but
they get an earlier start.
Good health in the flock is the
foundation of successful poultry
farming.
Accurate culling of hens is only
possible where they have been rea-
sonably well fed and cared for.
Fowls probably excel other live
stock in the efficiency with which they
are able to turn grain into human
food.
Where continuous cuIling Is not
pTacticed there should be at least two
regular cuttings each season-the
first about midsummer and the second
early in the fall
Standard bred fowls are the foun-
dation of n permanent poultry in
dustry. Practically all high egg re-
cords have been made by standard
bred fowls
How can you tell the good hen from
the poor one-In the good hen the
vent is large, white and moist; the
ear lobe, beak and the shanks are
white; the distance between the pelvic
bones is wide and the pelvic bones
are thin; the comb is large, plump and
bright; the eye is bright and prom
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In the poor hen the vent is yellow,
small and dry; the ear lobe, beak and
shanks are yellow; the distance be-
tween the pelvic bones is narrow and
the pelvic bones are thick; the comb
is small, shrunk and dull; the eye is
dull and flat; the head is lean and
beefy; she n,olts early.
The average production of any flock
may be largely increased by simply
culling out the inferior layers
There are numerous cases of low
production, all readily avoidabIe.
Health, activity, appetite and tenn
permanent should be particularly noted.
aouoHlinai capacity Is an import
ant point to be noted, exercising due
care to avoid being misled by apparent
capacity resulting from accummula-
ton of fat
Bagging down behind may indicate
overfatneSs or tumor. II often re-
suits frum short keel.
Early maturity is generally regard
ed as an indication of superior pro-