The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-19
MISTAKES ABOUT BROTLERS
A WOMANS LOOK RACkWApn
AT POULTRY RAISING,

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HeP Case Instead % the ENpec,sd ~
eome-CauSos q the Fanure-Is.s-,
Polnts Ter Beginaars n the RD,h.-.
my success In raising broilers 70, -.
market took four years % come ,bon.1
] had fully expsOted 20 make nv fors'.-
thu flrst year. said a woman Who d.v,,-s
her time and energies 70 raising poyl,-'
making a speciality Of squab hroil.,.'
Il had read much about men and Won
Who made fortunes By raising poultry 49,
I decided 10 ny my hand, / detsrmi0aS
30 speoiAlisson hroilaFa. because % IA, !.
I could understand there vas more rDo,..
In that bganSA than any other.
Il had $50 20 put into the bushes. s,a
according 70 my oAlCulations a return -
bISo was due M AZ the end ofthe arv, Wa,
Whsa the end Of that arut year cam. 2
was tEs IN dsbs.
It 10 trus ] had an the stock h.A
started out with. but not q cent In prO6,.'
10 was pretty hard 10 and that had fail.S
In my undertaking.. couldn't So bow
ehs people had read about Who had n,
thair oficss In town and started 10 ra,n.
poultry without q days experience In a.
country could make 90 much mora monuv
than I. who had bssn raising few chioi.
ems for years.
'As I had gone too dssp inaO the bu.l.
nosa 20 get out without sacrificing the buIh
Of my small capital / daesrmiDed 70 "a
what a second year would bring forth,
Ths end Of that seoOnd yeaE found nv IN.
debtsdnsas almost doubled. lhad. how.
ever. lsaRnod tho reason for my failure a,
at least ons Of the reasons.
my hEoilers had dark pan feathsrS On
them. and although thsy wers In the bsua
condition could not SO the best puoss
for them. Another reason was that ~
a. would II took M from one N Two
Wsalm longer than other poultry rAissu
70 gse my broilers 10 tho necessary wsiSht
A svOry additional day meant additional
expense Of couTsS my chickens gave a
smaller profit. aaide from their HAVING
black pm feathers.
TO got nd q tho pin feathers Il was
necessary 20 ohAngs the breed Of chioksna
I had found cut that though al varistas
of ths Plymouth Rock and wyandos.s
families AFs dossrvedIy popular among
hrcilsr Fnissru. thsre n ons brood IN Aach
family that h the aupsriOr 0f Tn othspa.
These two brseds are the Buff Plymouth
Rock and the Buff WyandOttas. and thsy
have no dark pm feathsEs.
"MyssCond most evident cause Of failure
was not being suficisntly careful 70 ~s
hat the stock from which my chicksns
uams was healthy and vigorouA That
makes all tho differences IN the world when
& comes 10 brollsr raising.
In order % OF Ain The quick grown
luloy bird demanded h the maEhst the
ihick must ponsemB vitality and stamina
which viii enable u b stand o. very
hardest forcing for grUwth and still Keep
Happy and healthy. Chicks from poorly
lrsd ulock VIII not stand such treatment
" require longer feeding. IL was this
'ault IL NY dock that made n Taxa N
much longsT for ne 70 ast my birds N
condition Tor marxat.
sIt TOOK msatWo years 10 chanFs nv
lrssd and q was not until the fourth rear,
hat my account book showed a balance
. he riSht al A. Then the balance only
AFTER changing my bresding stock,
hOugh / have pursued about the sans
Methods. the reaulta have been very dlf-
ersnt This fact makes mo confident
hat my first failureR could have bsen
wooded had begun dinergntly.
Nov 20 make sure that I 90 only ths
chicks am careful % aeS that
u eggs incubated aTo frosh laid. per
ectly shaped and Of medium aizs. dis
ard all III shaped eggs and al that are
ixtra large or small.
while I now make q good proft
md my chicks are a. strong and healthy
y any I have ever seen have not yst
20 produce them a. the low coss
many Of tho poultry raisers used 10 read
bout Many Of these men and women
tave the average COST o. a sqrAb broiler
u from 10 70 70 cents. ! have never
zen able 70 Clrt down the average cost
Ne year around below Is oenta
calculate 20 raise one squad bfollsf
rom every two eggs. The average cost
N two aRNn II five cgnts. BEOoding and
abOr, according 10 my books. coat eight
,snts the chick. Ten cents worth Of food
win bring the chick % the SQUAD hrollwl
liEa, and Il viii ccat I'VE mere cents d
lAve Il picked for market. That NAKED
he cost just - cents, which according ID.
ny accounts a the average Tor the year.
around, Ia the summer mo4tha the cost
3 q little lees.
sAt arst / tried Matching acme Of the
,Raa under hann, but after thoasoond year
rave this up and now use only incuhators
md broodsrs. I am often asked % mem
iiOn the principal point ~ % which 60
DeciaI care should be taken 20 gain SUE
sesa in raising poultry aud egg Tor mar.
ret. NY answer 10 that In selecting your
ItOck you should begin not with me hsn
put with her great-grandmother. The
Iacond point 70 careful incubsting and
1roOdinR and then comes the4eedtng
lin feeding for broilers the object ~
% get the most rapid growth possible.
This forcing should not begin until after
he chick IL . week or ten days old. There
ire MANY concerns that supply food de- :,
iKned for forcing broilers and While !
ave found that all Of the foods do ths
YORK satisfactorily they are more eHpen-
i've than the mixture compound Tor my
,wn birds.
This mixture 10 composed Of two parts
,ach Of cracked corn and middlings Wiih
ne part each Of ground oats and bran.
rhia 10 mixed 10 the proper Consistency
With boiled milk. either sweet or sour, W
yutter milk. The chickens are fed all tnis
hat they will eat up clean four umesa
lay.
I'm winter and early spring cut clover
" alfalfa meal 10 boiled and added % thls
nash. An ounce Of green cut bone =
ed 20 each bird once a week whenever
I can be had. When the supply cannot
70 had ground beef scraps are kept con,
family before tho birds and ! have i'una
hat Il does about ~ well a. the green cn'
zone. Grit and water are always Aoce--,
Ne 20 the birds and green uncookef ioon
3 Supplied daily when q can be had.
Any woman going into poultry ash5
must not fancy that her WORK = eht
rhmn the hirNa ranch the urartetnni@ ]