The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13
PouLTRY. POINTS.

POULTRY POINTS.
Don't on any account set hen this
month without first busting her thor
oughly with insect powder or better
still dipping her for lice. A setting
hen has not the incest Job in the world
this hot weather the best she can be
fixed so add as much to her comfort as
you can by Kidding her of all vermin.
1t is best to dust her again during the
time she Is setting and once after she
brings off her brood.
Chicks that are so near gone as to
actually appear dead may be rescusci-
tated after little wetting if wrapped
warmly and placed near the fire. Often
after a severe storm when the hens
with chicks fail to reach shelter sew
eral chicks will be found so chilled and
wet that little hopes of a recovery were
entertained, but heat will bring them
out all right. So 1t is always wise to
get right out after each storm and see
what you can find.
You will have better success with late
hatched chicks if too many are not
crowded under each hen. Eggs are
cheap this season, so biddies time Is
not worth so much to you as II was
earlier In the season. So provide plen-
ty OF hens, turn them loose as soon as
they have learned their coops and let
them hunt for their focks. They can
do better Job balancing the ration
than can you, and feed is plenty and
the weather generally good. II you
want to furnish some feed place It in
the coops at night, then IL they are
not getting enough on the range they
may have a chance to fill UP, and II
any remains 1t will be there for morn
t,,u fat, ~
ali the feed at night put in more for
morning, as 1t Is sign the range Is
hot furnishing an abundance for their
needs IL they come In hungry enough
to eat a good deal at night.
Neorly all breeders sell eggs at half
price after June /, so IL you didn't get
some eggs to better your stock early in
the season get some Of these eggs now
and hatch you a nice flock of chicks
for next springs pullets. The June
Matched puliet is not the ideal breeder
OF course, but June or July Matched
pure bred pullets are worth more than
lots OF April Matched scrubs. II they
are given a good chance away from the
older broods and kept growing with a
little extra care In late fall they will
often outgrow the extra early Matched
pullet. We have had July hatched
eocker0ls that we could hardly tell
from the April Matched fellows by
spring. but they were given extra good
care and attention In early winter in
order that they receive no check to
their growth.
Cut corn out Of the ration as much
as possible from now on. Corn is heat
Ing and fattening. the very thing we
want to avoid during the heated term.
Clean skim milk is an excellent food
for hot weather, but must be kept out
OF the direct rays Of the hot sun. Must
be kept in clean vessels and furnished
fresh at least twice a day. The vessels
should be cleaned at least once q day.
Clabber Is the best form to feed 1t in.
or course you will not by any means
allow this milk to be the only means
OF shaking thirst--water, and that fresh
and clean--must be furnished besides.
There is nothing like running water for
summer chicks, but of course we can
not all have this. have one hen now
with a large brood OF over thirty who
Is rearing her chicks almost without
ter supply from the spring. AS soon
as we are UP In the morning we see
her with her brood down at the creek.
and she hasn't lost q chick, every one
is strong and vigorous. They are self
reliant, too, and we predict they arc
going to make the stock that will go
through another winter. rustling for
their living. There will be no frozen
combs for them, no sitting around
waiting for some special brand OF
dainty food. They have already learn
ed the knack Of making use Of any and
all kinds of material for food. When
we set back nearer to natures meth
DDS In rearing and caring for chicks we
will have less disease among our poul-
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breeding stock. 1t is not the fact that
the chick is Matched out In an incuba-
tor that makes the majority OF incu-
mator hatched stock less hardy, but the
more artificial methods OF bringing UP
the chicks. Rear them In natures way
and YOU can't tell how they were
Matched.
The June hatched chick is a very
profitable chick to have IL he Is taken
to some distance from the house and
turned loose with his mother for the
first feed. Just turn them out on a
little heap Of sand. scatter little fine
seed near and let them go. You will
find a very self reliant brood the re-
suit Of this method. You may need
to supplement the food foraged for, es-
on wet days, and shelter
must OF course be handy. A good plan
is to have several broods the same
age and groop them in colony. The
main object is to get these late arrivals
away from the trampling feet Of the
older fowls, the yermin OF the old coops
and where they may enjoy life In peace.
Be sure they do not suffer for water
on these distant ranges.
II rats or other vermin trouble your
hocks at night try covering the coops
with half inch wire netting. II can be
he In -, t.