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Care Of Poultry Rock
Take care of yottr pullet flock-egg prices are expected 4o be nearly as high this fall as they were a year ago, says Harry L. Moore, head of the poultry department at VPI.
He warns that warm, rainy or cloudy weather is ideal for the devel-' opment of coccijiiosis. Several treatments are effective in checking the disease. Decide what to use, and have a supply on hand. Watch the chicks closely, and when symptuns of, coctidiasis are noticed, treat according to directions. Keeping the litter in the brooder house dry, and the range free of water puddles will help prevent the disease.
As soon as the pullets are old enough" to do without heat, they may be moved to the range. Good pasture, and ground on which no chickens diave ranged for at least a year, are recommended. Keep the pullets away from the older birds. Cockerl^ will reach frying size quicker and no less feed if they are kept confined. They may be kept in the brooder house until they are large enough to be eaten.
Keep good growing mash and plenty of water before the pullets all the time. Oats and hen-size grit may be kept in a seperate hopper. Scratch grain may be fed after the middle of the afternoon.
Cull all hens in the laying flock that have gone “broody” dr stopped laying. The hens that stop laying now are the poorest layers, and since prices for old hens are likely to fall in a month or two, it is more profitable to sell them now and save the feed
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