The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-02-19

the food at all times, only enough will
be taken at time to keep up the d.
gestive grinding. Grain should be fed
in little to require son.e exercise.
Care of Chicks.
The artificial incubator Is the hap
py solution of the problem Of getting
| early broilers. Without discussing
the merits of the many incubators,
many Of which are good, it is desir-
| able to say that instr uctions should
be followed. Rearing the brood
after Matching is the rub, and many
beginners fail, get disgusted and quit
Upon just two things success depends:
Sufficient but natural warmth and
| proper feeding for the first ten days.
Twenty or thirty chickens lowered in
| box twenty inches square, with
little clean straw Or chair at the bot
tom and cloth or padded quilt at
their backs, will keep perfectly COM
Portable the coldest nights. or course
there must be an opening in the side
for the chicks to run in nd out for
fresh air, as they would do with the
hen. In this way they will not sweat
or freeze as when artificial heat Is
employed as in brooders. A little
while too hot or too cold in a brood
er Is sure to he followed by conges-
ton of the lungs or bowel trouble, or
both. and subsequent loss of the
whole clutch.
In 81 days the hatch is over Ling
ering chicks that come out of the
shell after that are not likely to live.
Keep chicks in nursery of the incuba-
tor for twenty-four hours. letting the
temperature down from 104 to 80 de-
grees gradually. Then remove to a
dry shed or room with as little change
as possible. Each chick should have
its bill dipped in water. but should
have no solid food for twenty-four
hours longer. Don't let sympathy get
the best of your judgment at this
juncture. Nature has provided three
days rations In the crop Of each
chick. after which it Is strong enough
to seek out food. When the chick
looks keen and active place a little
food before it--egg bread a little dry
crumbled In small quantities, half as
much as they would eat. Never give
wet food to brooded chickens till they
are over three weeks old. Be stingy
IN feeding for ten days; less danger
from starvation than from overfeed-
ing. Supply plenty Of fresh water
and sand or fine grit.
The best cure for diseases among
chickens is preventives. But there are
some wholesale sicknesses. So-called
cholera, weak, sick appearance,
pale gills and comb, excrement watery
ana sulphurous appearance, generally
only indigestion, and caused by over
crowded crop. and may be avoided by
supplying plenty of good sharp grit,
which Is to poultry what teeth are to
other animals. Besides the grit SUD-
ply ten drops Of sulphuric acid water
TO every twenty fowls, and always
quarantine the sick chickens. When
in doubt two drops of spirits Of tur
Dentina 10
often do good.
Another disastrous trouble Is linn
Der necks, caused by eating grubs
] produced by the blue bottle fly. De-
| caying flesh Of any kind about the
premises is the fruitful cause. Pre-
vention is the best cure; but some
times the owner knows nothing of the
cause till he sees the effect. In such
cases try to destroy the life of the
grub without killing the fowl. A tea
/ spoonful Of Mustang liniment night
and morning, followed by a teaspoon
ful Of castor oil, will cure the worst
case The liniment will kill the grub
and the oil will get it out Of the sys
tenn.
Sorehead, a common disease In tbe
iaii' can be stopped at once by touch
ing the sores as they appear with
tihcture of iron. 1t is thought to be
caused by parasite, and special care
as TO cleanliness is the best safeguard.
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