The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-24
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k just starting in the poultry bushes
. this Spring, have said to me, "Mrs.
: how do you manage your setting hens
|, adding that theirs act so, and all pill
g into one nest" For their benefit [ an
!, impelled to give few random thoughts
. on Matching chickens from actual ex
perience, rather than to write up the
news of the week. al
) 1t behooves you to treat your feath.
cred friends as the dairyman is ex-
horted to treat his coWs-with marvel
GUS kindness; coddle them as you
would canary, only not cage them.
! 1t is impossible to do anything ration
al Matching chickens with a lot of
wild hens.
The following is description of a
hens nest. Prepare box Is inch
cube, closed on all sides except in
front, on which nail a narrow slat op-
poslte the egg place, leaving open be-
low for easy cleaning; place in it a
sod, grass side up. If the weather is
warm place the eggs directly on the
sod for moisture; if cold cover with
cut straw-long straw may entangle
the hens feet"
The nests | use are not SO elabo-
rately constructed, and consist of old
boxes, Or anything I can pick up
around, ready made that will answer
the purpose. But am very particu-
lar to remove the old rubbish from
the nests preparatory to setting the
hens, and replace it with fresh straw
or hay-the first being preferable be-
cause not SO apt to must. Sprinkle
sulphur in the nests, and dust it
among the hens feathers and under
their wings, to prevent the generation
Of vermin. You will please remember
not to apply sulphur after the chicks
are Matched, it will make them blind.
| A hens mind is sometimes vacila-
ting, and it takes her a day or two be-
} fore she concludes to renounce the
world and all its pleasures to hatch
chickens. Until she means business"
give her only a nest egg, which if not
"strictly fresh" no matter, for she will
not resort to mans device of Gambling
eggs.
Having everything in readiness, if
your hens have capriciously "piled on
to one nest distribute them over the
nests prepared for them. and cover
che nests; in few days the hens will
accept the situation.
Study your hens proclivities, and if
she discriminates between the "color
line" and "goes for" black chickens be-
reave her of her brood. It is evident
Ishe does not hold to the fundamental
principle that all chickens are created
equal, and she should not be entitled
to any position Of trust. Such hen
is not survival of the fittest," and I
want to tell you that the best place
for her is in a pot pie, or if you please,
imprison her between two palatable
crusts and baptize her with fire.
| When several hens are near together
and Matching chichens at the same
time, it is a good plan to isolate some
of them when practicable, and put the
chickens under them as fast as they
hatch. In this way the chickens sell
dom get killed in the nest.
Ladies, it is a pretty fine point for
me to state definitely the number of
eggs to set, so [ will defer it to your
Town judgment; but if they get soiled,
Invoke warm water and wash them
carefully.
:. You will please bear in mind that
| by kindness and cleanliness, and thor
! oughness are your chicklets multiplied
, unto you.
), In conclusion, were I to advise
what kind of chickens to hatch, I
would certainly recommend my kind.
I know it, I am free to confess it,
that I am somewhat opinionated like
the rest of the chicken women, and
think my kind is the best.
} The DeO1H-Y'Ote OF