Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19

you could be able to put them to
laying pretty soon. They cannot
lay until they are matured and feed
and have something slowed up in
their systems to produce eggs with.
In my reference to keeping chick
ems for 10 cents per mead per
month. 1t may be done If kept in
large flocks and are in good condi-
ton to start with.
Mrs, @. A Eggart, 515 Whitehall
St., Atlanta, Ga.
I have a very fine game hen that
picks the feathers off of the other
chickens heads and necks. If you
can tell me what to do for this trou-
BILE, will appreciate 1t very much.
ANSWER.
The only way to stop the hen from
eating feathers is to take a small
piece of wire about the size of
hair and run 1t through the thin
part OF her nostrill and pull 1t
around in her beak and twist the
ends together, making a bit so that
she cannot close her mouth right
tight. 1t win not prevent her from
eating, but will Keep her from pull
ing feathers. 1t is a habit and when
once contracted, it is a hard mat
ter to break them.
w. c. c., Griffin, Ca
: Will you please give me little adj
vice or information. / have a very
fine White Leghorn hen whose comb
is full of something like warts about
the size of pea and white. What is
this and what will remove them? l
have another hen that has corns on
her feet about the size OF a quarter,
and hard. What can / do for her?
/ wish you would give me a good
mash food feed my White Leg
horns on Como feed. and once each
day l give them a mash of corn meal,
shorts. beef scrap and Conkey's Lay
ing Tonic.
ANSWER.
The hen evidently has sorehead A
strong solution of carbolized water,
with linseed oil and carbollc acid will
remove or dry up the warts on the
hens head II will be best not to
bother, with the corns on her feet. II
you irritate them or make them sore.
1t will make them worse than before.
Corns are usually caused from flying
off a high roost on a hard substance,
which bruises the bottom of their
feet.
The feed you are giving is all right,
but could be improved by adding bran
and alfalfa meal-same quantity as
you are using of shorts and corn
meal.
B. NJ. Walton, College Park, Ga.
Will It do to dip chickens at this
season of the year? Also give me the
"a - H. Az- al
in Atlanta. Last summer I used
chloro naptholeum.
ANSWER.
Your chickens can be dipped on
warm day at this season of the year.
The Bee Dee dip is very good. and
will rid your chickens of insects.
Ernest Paulk, ociiia. Ca. Please
answer the following questions:
1. Do you use line breeding
with ducks as with chickens?
2. Should the dry mash be kept
before the fowls all during the
3. How old should Indian Runner
ducks be before having cracked
corn?
4. Are cabbage and turnip leaves
all right for ducks for their noon
feed in winter?
5. Should grit be mixed. with the
mash. or should II be put in the
hoppers separately?
s. How should feed for milch
cows be proportioned? Thanking
you in advance.
ANSWER.
do use line breeding with
ducks, the same as with chickens,
Ducks should be three to four
weeks old before they are fed
cracked corn. The cabbage and
turnip leaves will be all right to
feed them at noon in the winter
Dry mash should be kept before
your fowls at all times, and should
have some grit mixed in same
and they should have grit seperate-
ly also However, ducks should
not have dry mash.
You should feed milch COX