Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1914 — CULLING THE POULTRY FLOCK [ARTICLE]

CULLING THE POULTRY FLOCK

Hens Over Two or Three Years of Age, Badly Shaped Birds and Poor Layere Are Unprofitable. (By PROF. J. O. HALPIN, Wisconsin College of Agriculture.) The poultry flock should be culled during early summer, so as to take advantage of the comparatively good prices that prevail then. Hens over two or three years old, the small hens, the badly shaped ones with crow heads or crooked breasts, overfat hens, and hens known to be poor layers, should be sold. Not only will the price be lower later in the season, but the presence of these undesirable hens will reduce the efficiency of the entire flock. Then, after the flock has been culled, all the remaining hens should be given leg bands or otherwise marked so that they may later be distinguished from the pullets.