. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. [64 BIGGI^E; 1,500 rULLKTS LIVE IN THIS LAVING HOUSE," CONTAINING 2,560 SQUARE FEET. kept in the laying houses on this farm. When a fowl completes her first laying season, which, with a Leg- horn, covers about lo months from the time shestaits, she is sold off the place, unless she possesses especially desirable qual- ities, in which event she will be kept a year longer to pro- duce eggs for breeding pur- poses. The Comings feed a very heavy, rich ration, half of it (by weight) being green cut bone. Both layers and breeders receive this lar
. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. [64 BIGGI^E; 1,500 rULLKTS LIVE IN THIS LAVING HOUSE," CONTAINING 2,560 SQUARE FEET. kept in the laying houses on this farm. When a fowl completes her first laying season, which, with a Leg- horn, covers about lo months from the time shestaits, she is sold off the place, unless she possesses especially desirable qual- ities, in which event she will be kept a year longer to pro- duce eggs for breeding pur- poses. The Comings feed a very heavy, rich ration, half of it (by weight) being green cut bone. Both layers and breeders receive this large amount of bone, with apparently good results. On the Comings' farm only Single Comb White Leghorns are used, as the eggs are sold in the New York market where a white egg is preferred. The large flock idea is developed from the moment the chicks leave the incubator. One hundred chicks approximately are placed in each hover. Three weeks later they are moved to the nursery pens, which are also located in the brooder house, the chicks in two hovers being combined and placed in one nursery yard. Thus the flock has grown to two hundred. When the pullets are moved to the laying houses, the number is limited only by the capacity of the house. For instance, in one hou-e which is i6o feet by 16 feet, there are 1,500 laying pullets. Leaving the. 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 Biggle, Jacob. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, Wilmer Atkinson co.
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