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rest of the body, and so small a matter as the con- 

 stant teasing and irritation of lice is enough to af- 

 fect it. 



At two months of age pullets and cockerels should 

 be separated, the cockerels confined and fattened for 

 broilers and the pullets put in colony houses where 

 they will have as much range as possible. 



A colony house 8 x 12 will hold fifty Leghorn pul- 

 lets and a somewhat smaller number of pullets of 

 the heavy breeds. 



