Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-11-05

in her nest-no
porcelain, but the sure-enough eggs, an(
she thanks me for it by tucking then
under her with her bill and giving hel
body that peculiar shake that is un
mistakable proof Of settling down tC
| business. If she is a young hen, anC
l can not leave her where she is. ge'
a box and fix nest, putting IN the
eggs l want her to sit on, take 1t to hel
nest late in the evening, gently remove
her and feed her well, placing the Do2
in her old nest. She will soon take
possession of the new nest and be-
come quiet. After dark l move her
where 1 want her to stay during IN
cubation, placing a cover over her TILL
the next evening, then remove and let
her see where she is and become IA
miliar with the surroundings, and she
seldom fails to get off and eat and go
back to her nest without further trou-
Bile. Treat them kindly and they Will
appreciate it by behaving nicely. l
have set them and moved them three
miles on the nest, and they did well.
AS a general rule early pullets Will
give you more eggs during the winter,
but old hens will get broody first and
make the best mothers. 1t is better to
set three or more hens at the same
time, and when the eggs have been sat
upon ten days, examine them between
the eye and a strong light, or take the
lamp after dark. If the egg looks clear
1t will not hatch. If it looks dark,
tyifh fha fy II
embryo of a chick. After the fertile
eggs have been separated from the
clear ones they will probably go under
two or more of the hens which will
bring out full broods, and you will
have one hen that can be given fresh
eggs. If the hen is sitting of the
ground in dry place, sprinkle the eggs
with tepid water few times the week
before Matching, and you will not find
so many chicks dead in the shell. When
she is through Matching let her re-
main on the warm nest with her brood
for twenty-four hours. The chicks will
not eat before that time, and they are
gaining strength all the time. Then
feed them light, nutritious food, al
ways cooked. Hard boiled eggs and oat
meal or bread crumbs rubbed up to-
gether are excellent, coarse corn
meal mixed with sweet milk and baked
Is good. Feed often and little at
time, with a good drink of sweet milk
two or three times a day, but never let
it stand by them. When a month old
they can be given cracked corn or
wheat, but always that which is good;
wheat is better and cheaper than
for chicks. 1t is mistake
to underfeed the growing chicks. They
require more solid and varied food in
while growing, than at any
other period of their lives. Like any
growing animal, they require plenty of
good. wholesome food, supplied often
and bountifully, to enable them to grow
rapidly and develop properly. If you
have the Asiatic fowls and have prop
erly mated and cared for them, at two
old, you will have some in
each brood large enough for broilers.
Then as the early bird gets the worm"
you will receive the best prices for
your early chicks. Another advantage
Is that they are off before the hot !
weather comes on and the poultry's |
pests begin to multiply by the million.
In the hot summer comes the hard !
work to keep your breeding stock for |
he next year healthy and free from |
always remembering that poor
shelter, care and feed will in a few
make scrubs of the finest
thoroughbred stock. Thoroughbred
scrubs are little better than native
crubs, and the farmer who raises
ither will always be poor. Breeding
he best stock and keeping it in the
,est condition possible pays the largest
Irofits. About the first of June l shut
II the chickens out of their houses
nd let them stay, night as well as
ay, in cool sheds prepared for them
djoinging the house. 1t is no trouble
o change them, and they are far more
omfortable of warm nights There
hey have plenty of shade, and clean,
DOL water twice a day, and if the
ards get foul take a pillow or spade
nd turn the earth over, and it will
i've the hens plenty of employment to
svel it according to their own notion.
L now close the mousse perfectly tlSHl
nd fumigate with birthstone, and
ave shut up for a week, or perhaps
Il summer Then it is whitewashed,
nd in October, when the nights grow
Dol, 1 open it and let the fowls and ,
hicks in for the winter, first seeing
rat they are free from vermin. Feed
lem well~a before said, and as soon
they are through moulting you will
ave an abundance of nice fresh eggs. I