HOW TO FEED POULTRY FOR ANY PURPOSE WITH PROFIT 



THE SAME DATA IN DIFFERENT FORM EASIER 

 TO APPLY 



Transposing 1 the results in the above table, stating the 

 age in weeks, and the weights which chickens of the sev- 

 eral kinds should make at that age. 



keeps it the more he loses on it. The general tendency 

 in poultry growing is to do the culling at stated periods. 

 Most poultry growers will throw out the cripples and 

 a few conspicuously feeble chickens when taking them 



, .- . White Plymouth Rocks Should Weigh 



from the nest or incubator; cull out the unthrifty speci- BO TH SEXES: 



metis at weaning age (and try to fatten them for broil- At 8 weeks 1 pound 



r r ,, ,, At 11 weeks 2 pounds 



ers); and take out a few more of the worst when the At 14 weeks 3 pounds 



At 17 weeks 4 pounds 



flocks go into winter quarters. Whenever a poultry At 20 weeks 5 pounds 



grower, noticing a chicken, thinks " It doesn't look very COCKERELS: 



At 7 weeks 1 pound 



promising, but with good care it may amount to some- At 10 weeks 2 pounds 



At 13 weeks - 3 pounds 



thing," the best thing he can do is to make meat of it At 15 weeks 4 pounds 



At 18 weeks 5 pounds 



with the least possible delay. The more closely be ad- At 20 weeks 6 pounds 



,. , , . . ... , At 24 weeks 7 pounds 



heres to this policy, the more good chickens he will have PULLETS- 



at 'the end of the season, and the less they will have At 8 weeks 1 pound 



, /-\ * i r rr j i_ j r At 12 weeks . ....2 pounds 



cost him. Only where a farm range affords abundance of At 15 we eks 3 pounds 



feed can unthrifty chickens be grown without loss. At 19 weeks .. 



Weights That Represent Good Growth at Various Ages Whitfe Wyandotte , Should weigh 



A novice in poultry keeping is often doubtful of the BOTH SEXES: 



, . , . . . At 8 weeks 1 pound 



value of his own opinion as to whether his chickens At 12 weeks 2 pounds 



generally, or any particular ones among them, are making At ]% week! ": '.'."I pounds 



satisfactory growth. The reliable test of this point is At 24 weeks .5 pounds 



the known weight of the chicks at known ages. The COCKERELS: 



TT . , ^ ~ .. . At 8 weeks 1 pound 



United Mates Department of Agriculture, from records At 12 weeks 2 pounds 



of weights of chicks grown at its poultry farm at Belts- t l| weeks ... ....3 Pounds 



ville, Md., issued in 1918 a tabulation of weights of White At 22 weeks ... 



-r-., ,, T-, . iiri-' iir i At 24 weeks 6 pounds 



Plymouth Rock, White Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red, PU LLETS- 



Buff Orpington, and White Leghorn chickens up to 28 * At 8 weeks 1 pound 



weeks of age which gives growers an excellent standard At 12 weeks ... ....2 P^nds 



for testing the results of their work. Several of the At 20 weeks 4 pounds 



c , y, . *.&.. i i i- i j r At 25 weeks 5 pounds 



State Experiment Stations have published reports of ex- 

 periments which show both the weights of chickens at Rho<le lsland Reds should Weigh 



, .. ,. , BOTH SEXES: 



various ages, and the amounts of feed consumed to make At 9 wee k s l pound 



these weights. Some of these results are given in the At 13 weeks ....2 pounds 



t .. . ,, At 17 weeks 3 pounds 



rollowing tables: At 22 weeks 4 pounds 



COCKERELS: 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DATA ON WEIGHTS OF At 8 weeks 1 pound 



At 12 weeks. 2 pounds 



CHICKENS AT VARIOUS AGES 5 weeks 3 pounds 



Table showing the age in weeks and tenths of weeks at which chickens of 



the breeds named reached the weights indicated in pounds at the top of each Vi || , 



column, and average weight for the 'period of growth observed. , ^ l^x. w 



Av. Age ULLETb: 



Males lib. 2 Ib. 3 Ib. 4 Ib. 5 Ib. 6 Ib. 7 Ib. 8 Ib. 9 Ib. Wt. Wks. At 9 week? 1 pound 



At 14 weeks 2 pounds 



White Rock 6.7 9.6 12.3 14.7 17.2 20.1 24.3 26.3 7.73 28. At 19 weeks 3 pounds 



White Wyandotte 7.3 11.6 14.6 17.3 22.1 24 5.43 24.7 ' At 25 weeks 4 pounds 



R. I. Red 7.8 11.6 14.7 18.5 23. 24.5 5.4 25.8 



Buff Orpington 7.5 11. 14. 16.2 18.5 21. 23 24. 27. 7.2 25. Bllff Orpingtons Should Weigh 



White Leghorn 8. 11.8 16.6 22.5 4.26 28. BOTH SEXES: 



At 8 weeks 1 pound 



Females At 12 weeks 2 pounds 



White Rock 7.6 11.3 14.4 18.5 22.6 25.8 6.07 28. 



White Wyandotte 7.3 12. 15.7 20.7 25. 5.17 26. At 21 weeks 



R. I. Red 8.6 13.3 14.8 24.3 4.48 27.4 PULLETS' 



Buff Orpington 7.6 11.6 14.S 18.6 23.3 4.9 24. - At 8 ' weeks 1 pound 



White Leghorn 9. 15. 24.5 3.14 26.5 At 12 weeks 2 pounds 



Both Sexes At 15 weeks 3 pounds 



White Rock 7.1510.5 13.3 16.6 19.9 22.9 -.4. pounds 



White Wyandotte 7.3 11.8 15.1 19. 23.5 ^^l^lt^a S pounds 



R. I. Red 8.2 12.4 16.5 21.4 COCKERELS 



Buff Orpington 7.55 11.3 14.4 17.4 20.9 ~~\ poUl 



White Leghorn 8.5 13.4 20.5 At 11 weeks.... .....J pounds 



At 16 weeks 4 pounds 



The memorandum published with this table says: "The recorded weights At 19 weeks 5 pounds 



from which the above figures were computed were for lots of chicks selected At 21 weeks 6 pounds 



at random from each breed at hatching to give a fair sample of the stock. At 23 weeks 7 pounds 



Weighings were made at hatching and at intervals of one week up to 24 to White Leghorns Should Weigh 



28 weeks, as seemed necessary. The White Plymouth Rock cockerels made on BOTH SEXES: 



the average nearly full standard weight of 8 pounds in less than 28 weeks. The At 9 weeks 1 pound 



White Rock pullets made on the average over standard weight of 6 pounds in At 14 weeks 2 pounds 



the same time. The White Wyandotte stock is standard weight, but the cock- At 17 weeks 21/2 poun 



erels run under standard weight, of seven and one-half pounds. In fact the COCKEREI^ 6 



standard weights for the sexes in this and some other breeds are dispropor- ^ g weeks \ pound 



tionate, and the same mating will not produce both sexes to make standard At 12 weeks...... 2 pounds 



weight in a given period as regularly as in the case of the White Rock stock At 14 weeks 2% pounds 



on this farm. The Rhode Island Red stock observed is rather under standard At 17 weeks 3 pounds 



weights. The Buff Orpington records were for only one season, and the obser- At 23 weeks 4 pounds 



vations were not continued for all the birds through the full period of growth. At q weeks l nound 



The figures given, however, fairly indicate what may be expected of average t 15 weeks" 2 pounds 



gx>bd growing Orpingtons in the period designated. The White Leghorns are of At 20 weeks.........!. 2% pounds 



ordinary average size, with some specimens well above the average." At 25 weeks 3 pounds 



