DONT’S LEARNED FROM EXPERIENCE 169 
doing much—and spring, when you are busy 
and there are lots of growing chicks. 
Don’t carry over hens beyond the second 
year. If the flock of early hatched pullets 
is sufficient, pullets will pay better than hens 
but they must be early hatched. 
Don’t wait until the eggs are coming fast 
to find your market, or you may have to sell 
some eggs at a sacrifice before you locate 
your customers. 
Don’t be surprised and discouraged should 
your hens get to laying well during the win- 
ter and then suddenly shut off 20 to 50% due 
to a cold snap. Very cold weather will 
effect them. On January 13 my flock had 
worked up to an egg production of 110 in- 
creasing every day, when suddenly the tem- 
perature dropped to 14 degrees below zero, 
continuing zero weather for some time. My 
collections dropped to 44 and it was just 30 
days later before the 110 mark was again 
reached. Hens on range with just a roosting 
coop are still more susceptible to the forced 
confinement of cold snowy weather, as they 
lose the effect of exercise when confined to 
small coops. 
Don’t carry over runts or poorly developed 
pullets in the fall. They never pay for their 
feed. 
