Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-05-19
NO.. 10.

TREATMENT OF H0CITRY.-Ihc first day
alter hatcllng, the chicks DO not need
food, and should remain in the nest. The
second day tney may be removed to a
dry and sheltered spot. whcre they may
be warm and not exposed to the scurch-
ing rays of a meridialsun, and may DC
fed sparingly but often, with hard boiled
eggs, curd, coarse corn meal and mhlet,
but all watcry food should be avoided
When eight or ten days old, scalded
Indian meal, screenings, miIct, etc,
will be readily eaten. Pure water should
always be at hand IN shallow vessels,
and care must always be observed to
keep them from thesdamp When they
run it should be ina grass plot, and be
kept in their coops until the dew is of,
the grass, for experience has shown that
cold and damps, when combined, is a
most fruitful source of disease in all
poultry, but more especially fatal to the
young. At the end Of six weeks the
chickens, having become large and
strong, are usually left by the hen, who
goes to laying again, and will in the
course Of five OF siXweeks have another
brood
They should be let run at large on the
premises, aud roost where they please
during the summer%and fall months
they should not be Suffered to roost in q
house from the frstSsof May to the first
of October-it is too hot in our South
ern climate to have poultry shut up in a
tight house. | would sleep in the open
air, where the dew would wet my locks
by night, rather than sleep in tight
room. How can Swc expect healthy
poultry if we cohGne them to tight
houses during our hot summer months?
Just as. well say the Creator has made
too much air for his creatures, and that
a part Of it..should becutSof. Poultry
might be induced logroost under low,
open shelters, made for the purpose, for
the sake Of the manure We think an
open shelter would hardly be detrimen-
tai to their health. q
Let them have plentyof sand, water,
grain and occasionally, say twice a
week, flesh. Old sheep %and goats that
are too Old and poor fof table use and
that can't live much longer, might be
killed, skinned and minced for the
poultry. Coons, opossoms, wild cats
and rabbits that are frequently killed
On and about plantations and thrown
away to poison the atmosphere, might
oe turned into profit by preparing aud
eeding them to the poultry. This would
supply an abundance Of eggs and chick
ms the year. round. Hens should have
5urnt bones, oyster SHELLS or lime placed
Ill the time=in their reach Red pepper
should also be given them occasionally,
ind during the winter lots of small grain
should be previously prepared for their
lse
With the foregoing treatment, we
ave alwayssa good supply of eggs and
;hickens, fresh and good and am never
lfrald Of eating diseased chicken.
We haveano disease among our poultry
It all, onlyaamong tue very small ones,
perhaps the poultry cholera,
las made two OF three attacks, killing
everal (perhaps some dozen or two)
'efore it could be stopped, which is
.lways done by mixing with their dough-
/ small Quantity Of sulohur, copperas
nd black pepper. ThiAshould be fed
Q small ones occasions, ,ly, to protect
Lem Lena against aiIts disease and promote til fir