STUDIES ON FORCE MOLTING

Abstract

the present study All the layers (the flock, number was 25,757 hens) were reared in mclai batteries m clciied! h-ntc under die same conVfnlionaf system of management fiom day of h^.tc.i (BAM/SOQQ) LnUl (he beginning of experiment. Three hundred. SO weeks old. liens wlcticd at random and were subjected to Calirlimia method force molting with some modifitman in [he light-dark [ifotjram. California method was consisted if feed wiihJrawaf for 10 day During the lasting [flruwl <'wrr shells iud water were provided nd^ib-ium mid die U^hi jn-nviH u-tt rediued tii tbu nafunl L*£fc- Mdoy L I. Jien? were fed cracked com, and oyster shell'. nd-bbtitnn UIJILI day 30 Ai il.iy Jl. hens were led copojiieivhil liiyer raiion, ^J-ttbuum. and lfi IHIJTT ol h£ln per day. hourlegii liiytri died* 14 weak hens were culled, ID hens jl&ughlcred before fasti up and 10 hens slaughtered after fasting The remaining 252 layer? were randomly assigned to 7 treatment groups of 36. Ie