THE BEST TIME TO HATCH ^^ 



before his last year's pullets reach the moulting period 

 and stop t.g% production. To accomplish this it is 

 necessary to have in his brooder house, by not later 

 than the first week of March, a goodly number of 

 yellow babies. From that time on he must keep 

 them coming, so as to have a sufficient number a few 

 weeks apart to take the place of the yearling hens 

 going into the moult. In this way he will succeed in 

 keeping up a continuous flow of eggs. 



It is true there is a danger in these early hatched 

 pullets. They may go into what is called the Winter 

 moult, after laying well into the month of December, 

 but they will not all moult, and before there is a 

 marked shrinkage the later hatches will be laying 

 strongly. 



The moult which occurs with early hatched birds 

 does not last as long as the moult coming in the regu- 

 lar season. The birds soon return to the nest, and 

 the house rapidly jumps back to a very large output 

 of eggs for the coming Spring months. Thus the 

 great increase in numbers helps to offset the decrease 

 in price, and to equalize the bank account. 



It must be remembered, however, that Leghorns 

 hatched up to the 25th of June make good Winter 

 layers provided they are properly cared for, and given 

 the food and attention which produces a great growth, 

 and under such conditions one will find no difficulty 

 in getting them into laying eggs readily by the time 

 they are five months of age. 



