Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-18

the nests and left while l was get ting my own dinner, after which all the hens which had not already re- turned to their nests were again re- placed on them and shut up until the next noon. At matching time l al
 ways made 1t rule to keep hands of entirely. While there may be cases where we can help chick to
 hatch, the chances are we will in jure much more than we help, and 1t is d safe rule to let nature handle this part of the program. In from 24-to 36 hours the chicks and hen will be out of the nest looking tor food, and that is the time 1t should be supplied. Of course we hear all kinds of time given when to feed ranging from twelve hours to week, but in the absence of positive proof to the contrary, l pre- fer to follow nature here.
 As to what to feed them is very wide range of successful experiences. Personally 2 am inclined to dry feed
 ing but after the first ten days the chick seems to relish a stiff mash once 8 day and l think whatever seems 10 satisfy them if fed in moder. ation, is all right. By carefully watch ing chicks we can soon determine
 whether they are thriving and are thoroughly digesting their food or not, and if they seem a tride indiffer. ent and do not seem quite hungry, the best tonic l have ever used It to withhold their food until they do want it and want it earnestly. A good healthy appetite is a splendid thing 10 cultivate in your chicks. l have no fixed rule as to the first feed for my chicks. Sometimes it is bread crumbs in milk. sometimes rolled oats and I have fed whole wheat for the first feed and had them do well One thing l am always very careful about and that is to try and keep the louse at bay It seems that the lice did more real damage to the chicks in the
 winter months than at any other sea
 son. possibly because it is more dlf-
 ficult for them to dust and rid them selves than in the summer months
 There are so many really excellent powders for exteTminating these pests that there can hardly be any excuse for permitting our chicks to become
 infested and a little more attention wH! pay us we'll
 For the last few years we have used a popular incubator 120-egg size for matching our early chicks since we wanted to get out rather more thar We could very well do with the hens. As we pedigree our birds and eggs tray are divided into sections 10 keep each lot by themselves, and af ter matching each chick is carefully punched in the web Of it's feet and record keTt for future reference. But while we hatch with incubator We still raise the chicks with hens and always have a numter of hens ready when the batch comes Off to take the chicks. being careful not to give more to a hen than she can we'll care for Breeders are ali right and we use them later in the season, but for the very early chicks We have not been able tO get as good results from any LroOder yet tried as we have the hen.
 One point in regard to raising the chicks. whether they Ee early or late that ] desire to especially on is not 10 crowd Do not try to raise 100 chicks where % should be the limit Twenty chicks with abundant room will return more dollars to their own CT than will loo crowded into email quarters and no amount of work ol care can compensate for the injury done by crowding.
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