POULTRY NOTES

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 7, 30 April 1920, Page 10

POULTRY NOTES

Shade is" imperative, whether m or made. Just been reading that a Rhodelj Red is a "Hyhrid." Hybrids wil breed, which makes one doubt the s ir.enfc, the Reds being highly prolific hard to kill. If you haven't given increased egg in your flock any consideration, i ri,ght now. If you cannot see you cleaj to buy fonndation stock of i reliable utility breeder of your vaii you can do the next best thing, some of your best females and x, a male'or males of some reliable ta of your variety that has brtd k i creased egg production, and youkV.i prised quite often at the improvemi '.he oHspring from the first mating. fact, it is by the introduction of j that 75 per cent of tbe improvemeil both utility and fancy is practised toi Moulting is a seasonable casting J feathers and preparin g for the J months with a full new covering. I a natnral process, and should not M terfered with in any drastic way. ti be helped by toning the birds up 1>;I quent small doses of salts, and spoonful of sulphur to every twenljiB about twice a week during fine weather, and a full supply of greenf«E Breeding for increased egg prok ti is no child's play, to establisi a ;!r|p along permanent lines that will rfprodi® and give high egg averages ior the flock takes years to build np. ment along dependable and smtifw liwM does not come like volcanic upheavelr (H some laying claims would leadonetolB lieve) ; it is rather like the slow rising of a tide. The object in bredffl for increased egg production should lift the whole flock average togetk.H may and should be gradual, and st|jg ' so built with the breeding bred ikH hens, pay and pay well for tbe effort put forward. To build a bj ! strain the very first esssntial is for it takes surplus vitality to staalJB strain of heavy laying. Select normal layers, the ones that kfjH la.ying at least a few eggs right fe the moult, select males for your f a such rugged breeding, and don t led by the chance hen that outlay her sisters and switch off ^||l breeding attention on her. RemeH^KS slogan I leanied in the West 'v'ie!, ®j a boy working on some of tbe poultry plants. That was, that dation stock in many cases is the product. That's why the hibition breeders, as a rule, can their v/inners, and then beat yo" ' ing year in competition. They ' know the ones that produce the same will apply t° The birds that produce the layers are the average high »°r® ■ bred birds and as a rule the >«»! able. ; .fl "No other domestic anl® sensitive to environment as ing hen," says an EngLh ary, and which is 4u'te c° will pick her own place to Towed and to lay, and U larly, and she is also 6eIiSd /J9 her company. The 3.vste® competitions, which p£>ns jj gether especiahy stra"'f one of ® other, is an unfair oue it not both, ond mai I