The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-14
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Being opposed on general principles q
the.use Of .artiadal heat, IN the arrange.
ment Of poultry houses, the writer has
used 10 good purpose, portions Of awel
lighted and well VENT lated e and dry cellar
for sitting apartments for Matching out
the earliest broods efspring chicks. The
Temperature In AM apartment 80 located
has been found suitable, 50 thatIthe hens
have seldom or never torsaken their nest,
even during the prevalence Of the seyerest
blixzsrrds. The atictbreeds are said 70
make the most persistent sitters during
cold weather, but II isl not worth while 70
depend on hens OF any. breed to remain
on their nests during o sudden fall Of
temperature unless beyond the reach OF
the air. g-IF sttftfa vrfiTlt jrsd4 sif''
II Hens are apt to be whimsical as to the
location oot the nests where they are 70
settle down to- their three weeks inouba-
ton, And IT. has been found the wisest
plan to humor theircaprices In this regard.
II d hen prefersa nest box, on the OPP
posite side Of the room from the room
where she has been placed twill be sound
policy to let her have it's So, also, itIa hen
wants o corner bog, land many ofithem
will have no other), II will be the part OF
wisdom 10 give 1t TO her, II IL be possible:
Sometimes two hens exchange nests; and
and the arrangement seeming TO be mu-
tually agreeabiegand advantageous there
can Be no objection TO ~ =. 7
0wingto circumstances that are meas.
urably adventitious and contingent and
not easily comfortable, there may BIO In
every sitting Of eggs some that are not
hatchable. When the number OF such
eggs gets 10 be comparatively large and
dfsappointments and losses are continu.
ally occurring, It Is best TO examine the
eggs in each nest. II Plymouth Rock
chickens are kept, this should never be
neglected and Il Is probable that as re-
suit It will be found that in each case o
number Of the eggs will have to be reject
ed. The examination should be lmade In
the latter part OF the first week OF incubu.
baton and may. be done BY, the methods
known as "candlingn or by means OF an
egg tester made for the purpose. gal 4
~ Hens will always leave their nests
regularly every day long enough for their
nests TO cool, and NO losses have ever been
experienced by the writer from failure In
this regard. They understand their own
business pretty well too, and II not inter,
fered with will remain off the requisite
length Of time, which may be varied by
the temperature Of the air, and by the
size 81 the Unmatched chicks. ~ sift
In successful Matching there will not be \
much deviation from the regular time.
The shells will begin to give way at about
the same hour Of the day. When a chick
has to be assisted out OF its shell, lift does
not succumb to the operation at once 1t
may as well be killed, for such chicks
have never been found worth rearing. |
When all the chicks are Matched, the
shells should be at once removed from
the nest and both mother and brood left
for twenty-four hours, dur
ing which time nothing will be required.
The custom Of pulling of the horny ex-
crescence on the mandible Of the beak Of
the chick is unnecessary, as it always
drops off itself in few hours. .l5