Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-28
QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANswFpFn

STORY Ark.-I am a reader and srh
scrioefs OF The Journal and or, -
ways anxious to get the next iss,,a
lor 1 know will get some inferr1o,'
uon out Of 1t about pouIfrv
watch that part OF The Journal vAry
close but have never seen the ouas
uons and answers that I wouId M
SO would like to ask iust q fsS.,
quesuons about that subject as
am Just starting in that business
FIRST Is brooder apt to catch ON
nre and set a building In which r.
Second. I have just taken OF
hatch OF 30 per cent Is that good
Ior nrst trial with incubator? I mo-
uee several Of my little chickens
that seem to droop around for a dav
Vi Two tnen die. Their bowels seem
70 act though the droppings seem
80 oateh on their feathers and cause
theth 10 grCw up. Is this white diar-
rnoea' Does grown fowls have
white diarrhoea?
nave s. c. Rhode Island Rads ara
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
The Reds seem to be mora s,,.,
yect 70 the above ailments than the
Rocks Is there any reason WIN
they should?
Is is necessary for me Tn sir nm
at night when my incubator a. be.oh
ing and keep the little chickens all
down in the nursery as soon as thew
hatehv II % chickens hatch during
the night will they run the heat I'm
enough to hurt the other eggs? !
could ask more questions, but I will
stop here and II my first does not
mo the waste basket, I will come
again.
Hoping you will find room in your
column for this, I am,
Yours very truly,
GEORGE GRIMES.
ANSWER.
A brooder lamp is like any other
lamp and is likely to explode at any
time, and is dangerous to keep in a
valuable building. II the lamp Is
neglected you are liable to have trout
Die with II and II should be watched
closely and never turned too high.
III the little cap on the lamp where
the oil is poured in has a hole in IL.
which you can make by turning II
upside dawn and driving a nail
through 1t, this will allow a circulA-
ton of air in the lamp and gas will
not form in 1t and it is not likely to
explode unless the burner Is neglected
and II becomes too hot, but even with
the best care you are taking a great
chance that you can not AFFORD to.
The hatch that you made is very
good and is about the average. The
trouble with your little chickens
bowels is that they have either been
chilled, over heated or have not had
the proper food. Either one of these
three will cause diarrhoea or the
trouble you mention. The first week
they should have nothing but dry
feed. Atsthe end of one week or ten
days keep before them at all times
the Aunt Patsy or Red Comb meat
mash or a mixture of two parts bran
and one part meat scraps.
It is possible that the Reds have
been inbred too much or they are
not as strong in constitution as the
Rocks is why they are more subject
to the trouble than the others.
A good incubator does not require
any watching more than once in IL
hours, and 1t is a big mistake for
you to open the machine while it is
Matching to put the chickens below
in the nursery. Most machines are
so constructed so that the chickens
drop below In the nursery naturally
and as fast as they should. The
chickens Matched in the. incubator
will not hurt the temperature enough
to injure the eggs. The machine
should be shut up on the 18th day