Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-07-02

Little chickens should be fed and
watered about forty to sixty hours
after they are Matched.
Rock HILL S. C.-we are sub
scribers to The Journal, and 1 come
to you asking for information. L
had three chickens Matched that
were web-footed like ducks, and
had five toes. One lived 10 days
and the other two only lived two or
three days. They were White wy
andottes. Can you tell me what
caused it? A lot of my neighbors
have lost a lot of young chickens in
the last three weeks. Is it because
they were Matched in May? My first
Matched did all right. My little
chickens would eat hearty, but when
they would get run cover by big
chickens or knocked down they
couldn't get APP. Theses were the
White Wyandottes My others
didn't have the trouble. Can you
tell me what the trouble was?
have lost about 40. 1 feed the same
kind of feed gave the others
Any information will be appre-
ciated MRS. p, L. GLENN.
ANSWER.
The cause of the little chickens
being deformed when Matched was
probably from too close inbreeding
of the parent stock, and you should
introduce some new blood. Oc-
casionally such things will happen,
but as a rule they do not live, as
they are Matched with weak con-
stitution,. and evidently this is the
trouble with the little chickens you
mention in your letter.
The damp, rainy weather that we
had so much Of in May was very
bad on little chickens, but there Is
no difference in May-hatched chick
ems living and any others In fact,
nearly one-third of the young chick
ems that / now have were Matched
in May and are as strong lot as I !,
have Matched this year; but they
have been kept out of the damp
ness and are free from insects. You
cannot successfully raise a lot Of
young chickens If you allow them to
run among the old ones, and let the
old ones run over and bruise or
mash the little ones, They should
be separated, and you must keep
little chickens out of the dampness
until they are we'll feathered if you
expect to raise large per cent of
them. i'
cambridge, Ca: L will thank
you to tell us through The Daily
Journal the value of beet pulp as
a poultry food, and if it should be
mixed with bran, shorts and for
the damp mash. # so. which per
cent? 1 have raised about $50 In
dian Runner ducks this season and
they are beauties, and have fur
nishing about 20 settings to others.
How is that for handling ducks?
They are the Standard Fawn and
White. I credit your daily arti-
cles in The Journal with my sue
cess. i did this with IS ducks.
Yours truly,
MRS. J. r. MOCK.
ANSWER.
The beet pulp is a, splendid veg
etable food for either chickens or
cows. and keeps their system in
good condition. 1t can be fed In
the dry mash, about one-fourth
beet pulp to three-fourths bran,
shorts and corn meal with a small
per cent Of beef scraps added. 1t
is also good to pour boiling water
over it, and after 1t has cooled
duu a Sludll dIhOuAh VI
shorts and corn meal and feed as
a wet mash You will have to
a little careful when you first be-
gin feeding 1T, as it is very laxa-
tive and will act on the chickens
too freely IL given too much of it.
You will have to be the judge of
this yourself.
You have done remarkably well
with your ducks. Where they
have had proper attention they
have been very profitable. More
depends on the owner of both
chickens and ducks than any other
one thing as to their success.
Norcross, Ca: i have a fine
single comb Rhode Island Red
chicken. He is about 80 months
old. He is strangely affected,
seems 10 have lost his power to
pick up his food, and either from
impairment of sight, or power TO
control his head, he can't pick up
his food well. 1t seems that he
. can't get where he intends TO with
his bill. He keeps throwing his
head backwards, and shakes il and
throws il from side to side fire.
quently and seems to want to get
something out of his mouth, or
throw something off of his head.
When he attempts to move quickly
or run he acts like a drunken man