CULLING BREEDING STOCK. 



Cull your stock as often as you can find any 

 culls. Culls of any kind are undesirable. If you 

 find a hen that is a poor layer, get rid of her and 

 replace her with a better one. She will generally 

 eat as much as a good layer, takes up as much 

 room, and requires as much care and attention, 

 except in gathering eggs. 



An egg-eating or a feather-pulling hen, no matter 

 how fine a bird or how good a layer, should be killed 

 and marketed or eaten. In a very short time she 

 would teach the other fowls her bad habits. An 

 egg eater will sometimes eat three times as many 

 eggs as she lays. 



The hen that wants to sit quite often may be 

 useful in that line, but no other, and should be got 

 rid of. 



The lazy hen that lingers on the roost late in the 

 day is not the one that lays the eggs. Cull out all 

 of that kind, and either replace them or keep 

 fewer hens ; they ea the profit made by good 

 hens, and are a serious drawback. 



WHEN TO CULL. 



First cull before you buy, next as soon after as 

 you can determine what to cull. Then cull the 

 chicks at broiler age, keeping the best in form and 

 color for breeding or for eggs, then cull as often as 

 you find anything to cull. 



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