Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-07-18

If you feed your chickens, as mem
toned in your letter, and with the
suggestion / make, there is no reason
why they should NOT ray an abund-
ance of eggs for you. If too much
mash feed is fed, the eggs will not
be as fertile or produce as strong
chicks as If you feed less of it. 1t
is really best to feed this only three
times per week during the breeding
season You will get stronger and
more fertile eggs by doing this.
Mrs. S. c. Lucas. 229 Formwalt St.
Atlanta, Ga.
Kindly tell me at your earliest con-
venience what you think is the trou-
BILE with one Of my hens. Her tongue
is stiff and swollen and seems to be
fast to the mouth on one side, and
the face is sore and swollen on
the outside below the mouth. The
sore place seems hard and about as
large as a thimble. She eats and
drinks, and her eyes are bright
Can you tell me how to treat 1t?
If 1t must be lanced, where shall
cut it, in the mouth or outside?
Also, are male birds CWhite Leg
horns and R. l. Reds old enough
for breeding pens at the age of seven
lllOAlu Will JCdA
ANSWER.
If you will apply a liniment Of
equal parts camphor, sweet oil and
turpentine to which has been added
ten drops of crude carbolic acid to
each ounce of this mixture, on the
parts affected on the inside of mouth
and also on the outside, in two or
three days the swelling will be more
than apt to decrease. and this will
soften and draw the soreness to
the outside surface. After it becomes
soft, 1t is best to open the place from
the outside. Each time it is washed
with antiseptic, apply some liniment
and ii there is any possible way TO
cure her, this will do it. If 1t does
not, it is best to kill and burn her.
If the male birds referred to are
well matured, they will be old enough
20 mate at the age you state in your
letter, with one-year-old hens.
walter L. Hoy, R. f. d. /, Abel, Ga.
AS you are in position to know,
want to ask you few questions about
chicken raising.
| want to go to raising chickens on
a larger scale this fall and l want
you to tell me something about my
fences and houses.
I though 1 would build the fence
for the breeding pen, or any other
pen. with 5-foot wire on top of a
2-foot Dashboard. Do you think that
would hold Leghorns, or had 1 bet
ter use 6-foot wire? Also
let me know where I can order wire
fencing from to get the best prices.
Now the house, 1 thought 1 would
Just run up the front (the south side)
with poultry netting. Should l have
a floor in it? Tell me about the drop
ping board 1 read so much about Is
IL necessary?
ANSWER.
The highest wire / use in building
my fences is 4-foot wire, on 2-foot
Dashboard, which makes the fence s
feet high. This is high enough to
keep any ordinary chickens. Leghorns
will fly over the highest fence you can
build If they get frightened and take
a notion to do so. You can keep
them in 4-foot fence by cutting the
stiff flight feathers in the lower
part of the wing. These feathers grow
in the small pinion joint of the wing.
If you will cut the feathers of only
one wing, il will unbalance them when
they attempt to fly, and they will
not fly over the 4-foot fence. You
can get poultry netting from any or
the wholesale hardware stores, at very
reasonable prices. 1t is very cheap
now compared to what it used to be.
l think the dropping board is very
essential in any poultry housee, as
il keeps the floor of the house clean
and the droppings You save will half
way pay for the feed of your chickens
by taking care of them. / usually
make these boards fec wide. the
full length of the house, out of
tongued grooved flooring and keep
some sand placed on the tops of them
so as to absorb the droppings and
make it easily cleaned. The roosts are
placed 6 inches above this board.
which makes it about the right dis
lance for the hen to step on top of
when she alights on the board, either
going to or coming from the perch.
The nests 1 usually place under this
board and have the back of them
arranged so that you can let them
down and get the eggs out without
having to stoop or crawl under the
board This makes the nests out of
the way and docs not take any extra
space.
If / can give you any further infor-
nation. do not hesitate to call on me.