Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-08-21
THE POULTRY YARD.
HOW TO MANAGE.

HOW TO MANAGE.
A writer in the New York Times tells
how to manage chickens as follow:
10 begin at the beginning, the hennery
must be thoroughly cleansed from lice,
which lurl in every crack and Granny of an
old and neglected establishment. This can
be done easily by burning some birthstone
in the hennery with all the windows and
doors shut. Of course the hens must be ex-
cluded during this fumigating process, and
should not be admitted till each one has
had a good dose Of powdered sulphur scat
tered on it's back feathers and neck feathers,
with little under each wing, and some in
the crest of the crested order. This pro-
cess Of publication and dosing will drive
the vermin away, and no mistake but to
make assurance doubly sure, we prefer to
whitewash the hennery, mixing with the
whitewash little carbollc acid We also
put little sulphur into the box of coal
ashes which we keep in the hennery for
busting bath for the hens. Since we have
adopted this plan we have not founda louise
on our hens or chicks. They delight to get
INTO this bath, and it is delight to us to see
them kick and stretch around in it, and oh,
what dust they kick up! This dust set
ties into every crack and nest, and the lice
have not the least chance for life. If they
can breed anywhere, it is on the bens while
sitting, and if there is any fear of this put
little pinch of sulphur directly on the sitting
hens.
Keep the air of the hennery sweet and
pure by frequent removal Of the droppings,
and by always having good ventilation.
Fresh water also is as essential as nourish-
ing food. The first thing sitting hen goes
for when she comes off her nest is water,
and if she is deprived of it she will certainly
become diseased, and will be very likely to
impart her disease to the chicks she broods.
We need not speak of the value of sunlight
in the hennery, for we never saw but one
| hen house built on the north side of the
barn, where the SUMS ameliorating influ-
ence could not be felt. and in this solitary
instance we could find no hens. They
probably preferred death to incarceration
in such bleak place, and had committed
suicide.
AS soon as the chicks are hatcl,cd they
should be cooped up in some sunny, shell
tered place outside Of the hennery, and fed
for a few days with hard boiled egg chop
ped fine. Egg is what the chick lives on
during the process of incubation, and the
change Of diet should not be too sudden af-
ter Matching. A few dry bread crums may
be mixed with the egg after a day or two,
and at the end of week the egg-food may
be suspended altogether, and pudding OF
milk, oatmeal and wheat bran substituted
Milk. next to egg, is the most natural and
nourshing food for chick. We never had
chickens do better than when brought uE
mainly on skinned and clabber milk
Cooked food, too, we have always toun6
more nourishing than uncooked. AS the
chicks attain some size and it is desirable to
prepare them tor broiing, corn-meal may
gradually take the place of the oatmeal.
The coop should have no bottom boards
for it is pretty essential that the mother her
as we'll as the chicks should come in con
tact with the ground. The structure Of th