14 COMMERCIAL EGG FARMING 



the pen. With flocks of 100, 200, or 400 

 hens the number of cockerels is five, ten or 

 twenty, respectively, or at the rate of one 

 cockerel to twenty hens. 



As soon as the breeding season is over the 

 cocks (as they will then be) are sold to 

 persons wanting two-year-olds for breeding 

 purposes or sent to market. They are never 

 used a second season on this farm, however 

 good they may be. 



