The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-10
Fall C0rc md Fec ling Of Chicken

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AS cold weather il coming, it is neeus-
sary that we take every precautiUn with
our young chickens to keep them from
taking colds Everybody knows that
cold or distrmper in flock of yn,,ns
chickens means great loss, for not only
is it catching, but it reduces all that take
it very much in flesh. If neglected it
turns to roup. Nothing can he more dis
couraging than to find the chickens you
intended for market grow thin, and the
pullets that you wish for winter layers
lose their flesh and go back instead Of
forward. 1t simply means that very
large portion of the food and care you
have bestowed Oh them is lost. To avoid
this see that the chickens are kept in
small colonies of fifteen to twenty at
night: See that each colony is composed
ing place should be proof against rain
and tightly closed on three sides so that
there is no possibility Of drafts. Amy
style of coop will do. We prefer Il
wooden bottom during wet fall weather
to the ground, because it is ensiest kept
damp, especially as it is necessary to
move a coop with no floor every day or
two to keep it clean. Scrape the floor
of the coop clean every couple Of days
and sprinkle it over with dry earth or
plaster to keep it sweet. Spray with coal
oil occasionally to keep lice away. When
the wind is high and cold we turn the
sheltered and even hang an old sack
partly over the front to keep out the
storm. Besides Keeping your chicks in
small colonies of equal age. Keeping them
in tight free from draft cOols and keep
ing their roosting places perfectly clean.
you must feed literally during this sea
son of the year. Before describing our
birds that take to roostng in the trees
will be all right about month yet. We
allow them to roost in trees if they wish
to. As the cucketels that we wish to
kill get large enough for us we remove
them from the colonies and put them i'll
to fatten, and thus we give the pullets
more room. We feed these pullets as fol-
lows: Mornings IL mixture Of nliddlings
and ground oats equal parts. with lit
tie bran moistened with milk or water
Put into t-shaped troughs. A handful of
linseed meal to every four quarts of this
mixture and a little salt will be benc
fetal. Feed all they will eat up in two
hours time, or SO they will eat all they
meal should be before them as soon as
they cun zee to eat. At noon feed, Using
same trOug1lS, wheat. barley or oats. Do
not fec, more than they, will eat up
readily; because they should be hungry
at night. At night we feed same as
morning. only do not give more than they
will clean up and then give them all the
wheat they will eat the last thing he
fore going to roost., VIZ continue feed
ing the pulets in this way right along
adding cut green bones three or four
times Il week. as soon as the weather
gets cold enough so that the bones will
keep fresh for about week. The cock
erels we place in small pens, putting
eight to twelve in a pen six by eight, fer
ten days, to two weeks before killing
them and feed them one part cornlneal
one part crushed oats and one part mid
dlings. moiStened with milk Of any kind
We feed all they will eat of this three
times a day, putting it in trough and
at night give all the wheat or cracked
corn they will eat besides. Keep boy
of grit and clean water always before
them. Your aim should be to keep your
puletS growing as fast as possible SO
that they will lay during the winter, and
yonr success will be assured if You keep
them. from crowding. keep them clean
and healthy, and feed them ]iberally.-
Farmers Advocate.