Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-12-01
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FANNIE FIELDS POULTRY NOTES.

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This vivaciops correspondence the Prai
rie Farmer. who is az courant on poultry
matters, advises: via + z@dH .L1e1GH1l
.. TX on want to kill off those old hens that
have been hanging around your premises
ever si''reo lhe. Csntenniaj.. They will not
&c. through moulting Until December, and
YOU ranIt coax them To-Day AN egg ibete'e
next spring, and they ygwill eat just as ifhucti
rs though they eApectsdttolay a!a peck tof
cgg>Hpjece1 Asa rule,it. .dsnt,pay to.ke-p
hens after the second year ; ;itt,e paty' ,hatrh-
ed pnlleis are the ones that ill the egg bas!
ket III Wlnler.iag, ajitl@Gg OF e!ia-i@ 1~ii
New il ,lhe time to separate theH fowls
that you inteplM lo,keep. Keep your-largest
aud. !. best. early hatehed. pallets. some of
your best year old hens, andsif Won are go-r
ing to keep cocks that; yo', raised this scar
son, select those That are strong, we'll built.
and inclined to boss the others. esg,
Get the young fowls that have been
roosting in The trees. on the fences. and in
Other places where they ought not to ropSt..
INTO the hen houses. 1t you had attended.
10 the halt grown chicks when they lett the
nursing coops. they wou,l,notnow be roost-
ing in the tree-tops; but you didn't. and
now you must teach them to roost under
cover. as well brought up young chickens
should. There are Two ways TO make these
misguided chickens understand what is re-
qllired of them The common way is to 90,
out just before dark, open the door OF the
fowl house, take apole and thrash aroundl
promi$cuoils like among the !. branches tol
the trees when the chickens are Just going
TO bed; some of them will fly down and The
rest will fly to the top most, branches. just
out of reach of your pole. Leave these in
the tree +; they will stay there, and chase
around for fifteen or twenty minutes after
those that you Knocked down; perhaps ynl
will catch one and perhaps not-generally
not-most of them will hide where the en-
tire detective force of the farm cannot find
them, and then you can 60 back to the tree.
Gather up an armful of wood. old boots,
oyster cans. etc, and fire away at those
lucklcss chickens; sometimes you will, hit
one and it will come down, aud il YOU are
quick enough you can grab it a;.d give il to
the boy TO carry to the hell-honse. and if he
don't lose it before he gets there, you will
be sure of one. Sometimes the missiles will
come down on your own head and on the
heads Of your wife and children and neigh
sbors, who have come out to see what all the
row Is about. but don't be discouraged
at triles; deep rig hit on until the last chicken
is dlslodged, and then you can retire to the
house and find consolation in court plaster.
arnica and profanity. The next night you
can go through the SAME performance with
variations. and you can keep at it every
night until the chickens are safely housed
or dead i47 70 '+ @&
IF you prefer the other way. wait until
after dark. then take lantern, a ladder and
an assistant; go into the tree with as little
fuss as possible, catch the chickens one at u
time and pass them down to your assistant.
II any fly away let them alone until the
next night, and then Try again. Shut the
chickens in The house where you desire them
to stay. and do not let them ont for ii week:
by the end of that time most Of them will
have forgotten all about their old roosting
place.