WHITE EGG LAYERS

THE WHITE LEGHORN:
White Leghorns are ideal for the production of large, high quality, white eggs. They are bred to lay large white eggs with high interior and shell quality. These pullets are early maturing and are noted for their lack of broodiness. They are bred for their disease resistance, for their economy in feed consumption, and are noted for their adaptability to most conditions. We highly recommend our White Leghorns for any size of flock.

Growing your own layers?? We strongly recommend you have your layer chicks vaccinated against Mareks Disease.

READY-TO LAY PULLETS:

Our Ready-To-Lays are grown from day old chicks in controlled, sanitary conditions with a complete vaccination program and with their beaks trimmed. We grow our birds on the floor, so that our customers can be assured of being able to adapt them to a floor or cage setup, without worrying about the high incidence of pile-ups, crowding or coccidiosis that is common with cage raised pullets that are later placed in a floor operation. (Some pullets may be cage-raised). Please write or phone for bookings. Minimum order - 20 Leghorn Pullets or 15 Brown pullets. Coops available with deposit of $50.00 per crate.

	Orders of 100 or More		Orders Under 100
Brown Layers	$7.50	Pick-up in Westlock	$8.00
White Layers	$6.75		$7.25

Normally, We Can Only Supply White Leghorns and Sex-Sal-Link Browns as Ready-To-Lays.

Not available at all agents! No mail orders!! Please Order Well In Advance To Ensure Availability!! Birds Available Almost Year-Round, Prices Subject To Change Without Notice.

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LAYING HENS:

We will have available our Breeder hens in July including Barred Rock, Columbian Rock, and White Rocks. Some exotic breeders are also available. Call for details. These breeder hens will have been laying for 5 months. Order early!! Limited Supply!! Great prices superb birds

(Breeding hens are frequently short of feathers from breeding-these will soon grow back once away from the roosters)

To get the best performance from your Layers try the following:

1. Read and follow the guidelines on starting your chicks.

2. Grow your chicks from 3 - 19 weeks on 8 - 10 hours light. This may not be possible with windowed coops during summer.

3. Grow chicks in dim lighting, if possible, (just able to read a newspaper 8" away) to
prevent picking.

4. Feed your birds a well-balanced diet, refer to directions on making your own feed. Use feed medicated with amprolium

for the first 13 - 15 weeks to avoid coccidiosis and to allow the birds to develop immunity. Or vaccinate against coccidiosis and feed unmedicated chick starter.

5. Change to a layer ration at the first egg. If buying complete feed which is normally 17 percent protein, add 1/20th parts 40% Poultry Supplement to the ration until you have large eggs. Do not use medicated feed when birds are laying. For Hybrids we strongly recommend the use of 18% layer ration-this is because their tremendous rate of lay. If the hen receives inadequate feed their bodies will become depleted of nutrients and after a few months they may resort to eating their own eggs and/or picking at each other (cannabolism). If mixing your own feed be aware of maintaining the right nutrient balance for maximum prolonged production.

6. When the hens are 19 weeks old start increasing the amount of light they are exposed to, by 1/2 hour per week, starting with a minimum daily light of 10 hours, until 16 hours of daily light is reached. Growing your birds on natural light will make this harder to do.

7. Keep your hen house warm - 70 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit is preferable; 55F should be considered a minimum.

8 Allow approximately 2 square feet per hen; depending on the type of layer, ventilation and heating; 2 square feet is also recommended in order to keep your birds warm enough in the winter and cool enough in the summer.

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