The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-12
Experiments With Poultry
BY MARTIN v. CALVIN

dition, they are given a reasonable
quantity of skim milk three times a
day.
My thought all along has been to
provide for and manage the young
and old chickens in way possible on
every farm in the State. I make a
platform for each chick coop or box.
just the length and width of the box,
cleats underneath, thus raising their
sleeping-place above the earth
keeping the chicks healthy. The
boxes, used as coops, are wired on
each side and the top covered with
tar paper. When the sliding or drop
door is closed, the chicks are per-
fectly safe. In the past two years,
out of one hundred chicks a year, |
lost by accident not exceeding a half
dozen; not one from sickness.
1t is far better to handle the chick
yourself than to leave them to the
care of the mother. She will lead
them into all sorts of trouble and
diseases. AS the chicks approach
maturity, larger sleeping-places are
necessary. A larger box or coop and
a little wire are the prerequisites;
they are inexpensive.
The head of the yard should be
changed each year. If a hen fails to
come up to the standard, pot her.
A little care mornings will bring
the brooding hen off her nest with
full quota of fine chicks in as good
condition as when she took the
nest In the first place, the nest of
each sitting hen should be tagged,
showing number of eggs, date when
given the nest, date when the eggs
should hatch. Having provided
fresh water, and put down the feed
for the sitting hen or hens, carefully
run your hand under the hen lift
her clear Of the eggs, and drop her
on the ground. The hen or hens
will drink, eat and dust, then return
to nest. have yet to see a hen off
her nest after the morning treat
ment.
Occasionally, on account of supe-
rior motherhood, 1 have varied my
rule, and permitted the hen to care
for her own. This departure inva-
riably brought to attention the
troublesome cape worm. In very
young chicks, just little vaseIine in
the mouth will remedy the evil. l
have noticed that the younger
ShACho oAOW S1SuS VI lI1u0SS instantly
after being attacked-hence the eff
ficacy of the simpler remedies
promptly applied. In older chick
ems, severer treatment is necessary.
Put the chicken in tub, cover with
a sack, raise one corner of the sack
and pour into the tub half pint or
pint of lime; the dust will cause
the chicken to cough and thus expel
the cape worm.
[ have had few aggravated cases
of sore-head. T worked out this I'M
failing remedy. Cut the scabs off
with sharp knife or razor, if blood
appears use soft cloth to absorb it,
then apply with camels hair brush
(costs 10 cents) straight peroxide of
hydrogen. Two treatments will eff
feet a cure.
In case of roup, inject kerosene
into the nostrils and in the opening
in the roof of the mouth. Take a
twig, make a cloth mop, dip it in
pure peroxide of hydrogen and mop
the throat carefully but thoroughly.
One application is usually sufficient.
Drafts cause roup. In winter, let
the fowls sleep in trees unless you
provide, as you ought to do and can
do, a close house, ventilated at
points under the close roof. but free
from drafts.
b I have found Squibb's preparation
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