Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-10-31

Poultry Beginnings On Town
Lots.
PART III.
RAISING THE

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youngsters are the greatest charge
.of the poultryman; more anxiety
and care are manifested for their
welfare than is apparent to the OBJ
Hserver. In the chick must be e C
sognized the promises Of the adult
bird, which is to be the source of
Eproft. The first impression to be
aformed in our minds, is that the
achick is a weak little creature when
matched, and certain things are
needed to promote it's growth. This
impression teaches us that warmth,
dryness and exercise are abso-
necessary to encourage their
development into strong and hardy
Thirds. When a chick is Matched, the
Temperature is about 1O3 degrees;
sthis warmth should be supplied as
Tnearly as possible, to prevent it's be
ing chilled during the first week. 4
! good way is to conhne the clucker
land brood in a close coop we'll pro-
Elected from dampness and draughts.
by SO doing, the liability of their
sbeing chilled in the early morning
is prevented, and the brood does not
become wet from running in the
grass before the dew Is off, or after
the rain. If once thoroughly chill
J ed they seldom recover; bowel dis
Tease results from exposure, and is
the forerunner of death. Chicks do
Snot require any food for the first q
Shoars, as it will take fully that long
flor them to digest the yolk. and any
Blood given them before that time is
siiable to sour in their coop; this is
Eanother cause Of the dreaded bowel
5disease. For the first week the best
Efeed is stale bread and rolled oats,
ETed dry. Give them all they will eat
mp cleep, never allow any food to
Elay on the ground and sour. After
the first week or 10 days, a good
bill Of fare can be made as follows,
cracked wheat, cracked corn, broken
rice, sunfower seed, bread crumbs
and a little lean meat chopped fine.
A little chopped onions occasionally
is beneficial and a sure preventive
! of gapes. Small chicks should be
fed every two hours the first week,
the second week the time of feeding
can be made every three hours, and
after that three times a day. Give
plenty of clean sand; (hen's teeth
and fresh water at least three times
a day. In the construction of coops
dryness and warmth should be first
considered. The roof should be wa.
ter-tight. and dry earth should be
thrown in until the floor is about
four inches above the outside level
It is best to separate growing chicks
from the old ones if possible
Troubles we have! If you find YOU
pet sitter which you have been won
to look upon as a model of hen de
partment, evidently trying to max,
al omelette of your choicest settin.
of egg-cost $3-yOu are likely t,
loose confidence in hen nature. I
you find the hen that no power OF
earth, apparently, could keep fron
sitting, leaving her eggs to becom
stone cold, you are liable to fame
yourself d victim of misplaced conf
dence. But there are valid reason
for these hens behavior. Other hen
may have interferred with the frs
hens>materual duties. and the scrin
mage resulted in a mass of eggs
better condition for scrambling tina
for Matching. The remedy is easy
keep the hens away The hen wkic
abandons her nest may have foun
millions III it." and fed from til
mighty host in dismay, rather tha
be eaten up alive on the nest. TIL
remedy is easy-dust her well wit
insect powder.
Chicks often have bowel troubl
causes are generally cold, dampnes
filth, lack of grit, overlooking an
improper feeding. Keep them dr.
warm and clean, furnish plenty
sharp grit, and be careful that Il
feed is the sweetest and best. Ee
eating is more likely to be contrac
ed by hens in confinement. It is il
duced by nests that r light and
situated that the hens get into the
to scratch, by soft-shelled eggs, 81
sometimes by eggs being drops
nnorand tho hn11coa or Yards. Son