Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-15

Ancr Al. tho wen behaved lieu Canno,
H. Improved Upon.

| htcr All, tho Wei NHhaNrd Hen Cannot
H. Improved upon.
IN attempting dU nature work ovi.
| dcutlv we must follow natures laws
wiuimorc OF ...f f.I'hluln,H.. u We ex-
poet % DO w. well .u enc result as nature
| do'8 The hon b. che natural hatcher and
] btoOlor, and when wrll behaved and
free from all crauss notions cannot he
improved upon. We study tho hon iaith.
/ fully, but wo cannot ALWAYS do Just ns
she does In cold weather aho rarely
leaves her nest owen long enough 90 eat
and drink IN warm weather she takes
u c1uuc oyrtlv dee opposite aud ~.
mains away from her eggs hours nc
| timn We cIr initiate all this, but when
We 500 hrr twn tho oggs fhc works in
such 20 rrrtlrss uusyHomatic manner,
chat SIC Wouldn't initiate her " we
! could A hen do"1 many things which
| We DO nos exactly understand. and $50 w
guess 90 g. This "a probably why 30
| many Incubator ard breeders nrr no
| good. ono dining hen d1Usu't do, and
that s. 20 h0vu two tiers Vt eggs. ono
above the other That was tho way tho
/ first hatcher 1 ever owned wa built We
bad mot studied b,us 90 as good idyan.
tage then 81. wc have since
With what persistence and frequency
has rho j,mm.ad gone mp that DO b. ono
! thing 10 hatch tho chickens but quito
| another 90 raise them, we inav mover
! know. hat that seems tu bo common
complaint Il ought not tn be- su. There
ought TO 10 100 officially IN raising o
. N.H.I . u. ..HH
they need IS good dIy quarters and
/ wholesome food ! have seen chickens
! raised ia s1uub7x with "a lantern in-
/ side 90 keep them wH.m Have also seen
/ them after few duv, old put into
| coon with bod az h,y. shut up II 'ht
and keep each other warm, no artificial
1 heat whItov," have tuen pn excellent
bguodDf made OF IyHmmuu packing ease,
about three fOut rlyn way, 70 hole cut 10
top and bottom, % rouo Of common dow.
cr pots inverted over the hole in the bot.
tom aud reaching Go the top, the thing
fct mp On brick, aud n lamp put undur
! 10. Here chickens lived comfortably aud
thriyed wonderfully Nv own hro,ders
urc tiat pieces OF tiu or zinc, covered with
sand and % lamp underneath. Sometimes
the tin is shallow pan with un inch o.
water, and Tint covered with thin
board In cold weather there II IL hover
for tho chickens 20 got under. but all
brOodnrs should hive room away from
the hcat-thc chickens do not want or
need 20 be forever hruodod-aud Ugh
enough 90 allow the heat TO 60 above tho
chiUllruA
Chickens really need but little heat
and ore satisfied 10 have 10 Ia almost any
form. But b. vs. fatal Co have % largo
number in one hucls seeking heat Re.
Gently a man related 10 me his export.
Cnco with combination hatcher and
bruoder During the first day Of tho
hatch he got uut about 200 chickens and
placed them all In the hroodur, ON top
In tho morning moro thuu half Of them
We're dead. TWAS cold during the night,
and they an crowded 10 tho ono source
Of heat, and those which were go unfortu.
ul'o as NOT Co be- uu topof the pile didn't
live 60 show forth 'ho glori,s uf artificial
incubation
Thuro have been more mistakes IN
making breeders than ma hatohors, aud
probably due TO too much heat Chickcrs
require O general wholesome warmth nn
do not need 10 have thoir brains over
heated. Ihoontrc atmosphere should 10
comfortably warm. II the outsid air IL
not too cold, they enjoy going out and
returning when thoy feel like IL, precise.
ly as they do when with the hon.
10 is ln old chestnut that chickens
ought mot got Themselves wet. IL don't