Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-15
QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANsWERED.

Mrs. ]. L.. Cuthbert, Ga.
AS have recently begun with In
dian Runner ducks. and would like
some information. have three that
are two months old, and three that
are three months old. They run in
garden where they get all the grass
and collards they want Is it nee
essary to feed them three times per
day? Should keep water before
in whenever they want to, or just
put 1t out. let them battle and then
take it away? How many times dur
ing the day should they be allowed
to battle? When cool and cold
weather comes should they have
this water? Can they be raised sue
cessfully through the fall and winter
months? / give my ducks fresh
water with each feed, and as soon
as they finish eating i put fresh
water In drinking vessels again. and
then about half way between meals.
Is this necessary? / want to give
them all the attention they need, but
not unnecessary attention.
Now, about my chickens. l have
just begun with the Rhode Island
Reds. Have bought six pullets. three
hens and a rooster. Want to begin
raising this fall, so as to increase my
flock, ready for spring raising. Sew
eral have told me not to raise any in
the fall. as fall-raised chickens will
be small. What is your opinion, or
rather, what has been your experi-
ence along this line? VIII appreciate
an answer through The Semi-Week-
ly.
ANSWER.
1t Is not at all necessary to go to
so much trouble and work for your
ducks You should supply a trough,
sufficient to furnish enough water,
and by filling it once per day, which
will give your ducks all the water
they want. They should be fed twice
each day, even with the run as, sug-
gested by you, as the green food that
they get has not sufficient strength in
it, therefore 1t is very essential that
they have something else. Give them
a mash once per day composed of
bran, shorts and corn meal, and feed
grain once per day, wheat and crack
ed corn, or ordinary scratch feed
After ducks are the size yours are
you can keep water before them at all
times. They should have water the
year round Cold water does not
seem to hurt old ducks. The time to
be particular about fresh water is
when the ducks are young. If you
will halfway look after the ducks,
you viii have no trouble with them.
Regardless of what any one tells
you, the fall and winter is undoubt-
edly the proper time to hatch and
raise chickens in the south. They will
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Matched ones, if not fully as large,
If they are bred from fuIly-matured
parent stock, and are fed enough
nourishing food to give them size.
No chicken will ever mature into,
large size specimen unless they have
plenty good food that will produce
size You cannot raise a larger per
cent of chickens in midsummer than
in the fall. They seem to thrive and
do better than the summer-hatched
chickens, and always lay at time
when the old hens, as a rule, are
moulting. and eggs are very high. Do
not hesitate to hatch every chicken
you can this fall, provided the eggs
set are from good strong specimens.
Feed well and they will get size.
A. L. Thomas, Route 5. Atlanta.
i nave lost SeVefdl Ilne puiietS
from a peculiar disease that can
not understand. They are first
attacked with a twisting of the
head to one side. which gets worse
each day, until they finally have
fits, twisting their heads to one
side, and finally becoming unable to
stand at all These fits become
more frequent as the disease adj
vances. l notice there is corruption
in their ears. Have had no more than
two at a time attacked and I have
exhausted all of my knowledge and
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