THE BEST TIME TO HATCH 79 



These birds laid strongly all Summer, and we were 

 interested in noting when they would start to moult. 

 We had seen the statement made a number of times 

 that late hatched pullets were very late moulters. In 

 our experience, however, this did not prove to be true, 

 for this pen of birds moulted at just about the same 

 time, and in the same proportion, as the earlier hatches 

 did. 



We had frequently seen it stated that birds 

 hatched in the very last week of August, or the first 

 week in September, would produce eggs at the same 

 time that the June hatched pullets would begin to 

 produce them. Our experience with June hatches, 

 and we have had four years of it, disproves this 

 statement absolutely. We find that the June hatched 

 pullet, properly cared for, comes in quite as rapidly 

 as those hatched in April and May. 



We do not wish to go on record as advocates of 

 July and August hatching, but we simply wish to show 

 what could be accomplished if a Breeder met with 

 some misfortune, and was compelled to hatch late 

 or not at all. 



