Buy the best chicks or mature stock available.
Use a brooder house for the young birds.
The laying house must be well ventilated, fully lighted and easily cleaned.
Use latest mechanical feeding and watering devices to save labor.
Employ artificial lighting to lengthen the hen’s working day.
Work toward the “one-man plant”—a total of 1,500 laying hens—for mostefficient results.
Don’ts
Don’t try to raise poultry in buildings that may still carry infection.
Don’t economize by buying cheap chicks or breeding stock.