. Practical poultry production . Poultry. 224 PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION as breeders, other conditions being favorable, such as color, type, etc. When to cull. Culling, generally speaking, should be a continuous process throughout the year. It should include the elimination not only of hens that are non-productive but. Figure 215.—A Barred Plymouth Rock Figure 21fi.—An extremely poor Barred cockerel well grown and developed— Plymouth Rock cockerel. Such birds as the kind to keep. these should be culled from the flock and marketed. likewise those that are sick, that are thin or emaciated, as
. Practical poultry production . Poultry. 224 PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION as breeders, other conditions being favorable, such as color, type, etc. When to cull. Culling, generally speaking, should be a continuous process throughout the year. It should include the elimination not only of hens that are non-productive but. Figure 215.—A Barred Plymouth Rock Figure 21fi.—An extremely poor Barred cockerel well grown and developed— Plymouth Rock cockerel. Such birds as the kind to keep. these should be culled from the flock and marketed. likewise those that are sick, that are thin or emaciated, as well as those that show poor vitaHty. At some one time, however, the whole flock should be given a careful and systematic culling. Each hen should be handled and gone over carefully with the object of picking out and retaining the better producers and culling the poor producers. At such a time it is also advisable to pick out from the better producers such hens as will be needed for breeders the fol- lowing spring. These fowls should be leg banded or other-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lamon, Harry M; Kinghorne, J. W. (Joseph William). St. Paul, Minn. : Press of Webb Publishing Co.
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