Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-31
THE POULTRY YARD.
SOMETHING ABOUT FOWLS.

10 keeping lows IOT tHe DcIelit Ol lDOSe {
your readers who have not been through
regular curse of experience and to hel
those who are not "fanciers," but who ma
under various conditions, wish to keeptowl
and are not acquainted with the merits {
different breeds to meet their individual Gil
cumstanccs.
A great many persons, not being well in
formed, make mistakes which bring then
troubles they little dreamed of at the time
but which leave a lasting impression on til eli
memories, and perhaps bring some of thei
old n%eighbors' failures into bold relief before
them. This subject has been thoroughly in
vestigated during the last few years, and i
is now well known that fowls have not only
different habits of laying and setting, but O
disposition and health. Some arc impatient
of confinement and will NJ thrive if restrict
ed in their habits, except by great care Of
feeding. Some are subject to diseases of
kind and others of another; therefore, after
a man has decided what breed of fowls is
the best for him to keep, he can make him
self acquainted with their different charac
t~eristics, and as all PROJECTIONS cannot be
found combined in one breed, let him be
content to keep such fowls as are best adap-
ted to his circumstances. For instance, a
person having a small garden surrounded by
those OF neighbors would commit a great
folly were he to procure Game fowls Dork-
ings or Hamburgs, to raid all over his neigh
bors' grounds, not but what they can be
knrf pId IN han1fh -, ~,
quarters, by good care and feeding; but as
they are restless and lively, requiring so
much extra care, it is best to discard them
and keep such fowls as Brahmas, Cochins,
or Plymouth Rocks. These can be kept in
a small place, not requiring a high perch or
roost. A fence two to three feet high will
keep them in. They do not seem to require
that change of food that fowls of greater vi
vacity do. They exert themselves but little
10 eaten insects in summer, and in feeding
on meat in winter they do not possess a
craving for it and will leave it sooner than
other breeds; but still, if confined, they
must have all the varieties OF food to keep
them in health. They will thrive upon it,
m laying in January and continue
through the winter. They will also sit and
hatch their w young, and are quite care
full mothers, but, from their great weight,
often kill a chick by stepping on it. They
save many chicks, however, through their
very quiet disposition, chat other fowls
would lose and destroy by their impulsive
r~estlessness.
In laying qualities, the Brahmas have a
little the best Of Cochins, except Black Coch-
ms, this latter bird being a little better layer
than other Asiastics, which is probably due
to a cross that originally brought the black
color and also improved their laying quail
ties. The Light Brahma is also considered
by most breeders a better layer than the
Dark blu as the difference is very slight.
one may please his W fancy. T shall not
this time describe the standard of feather
ing of different breeds, but will leave that
Tor future papers. | shall merely say of
feathering, that in the Black Cochin it is
harder to maintain that peculiar Cochin
form and fluff feathering that other Cochins
possess, they not generally feathering as
well on the legs. All of the above fowls are
a beautiful class, and, being so very gentle
and docile, they absorb ones interest in
them.
Plymouth Rocks are a comparatively new
breed, combining the hardness of the Asia
tics (Which are the hardest of all fowls) with
the better laying qualities of Dominates
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