Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-13
AdUlce
From
the
Poultry
Doctor


YOU have not al
ready removed the windows from the
poultry house do so at once. Take
them out thoroughly clean them and
store away. until needed. in some place
where they can not be damaged Give
the fowls the comfort of an open-front
house with an abundance of fresh air
and freedom from the sitting heat OF
closed sleeping quarters in summer
or better still If you have an orchard
or other convenient trees, clean ana
close your poultry house and drive your
chickens to the trees, first putting up
long poles for them to walk upon into
trees In this natural roost you have
no lice and mites to fight, which les
sens the summers work quite a good
deal.
Clean up the poultry house. The
poultry houses should be thoroughly
renovated Sweep the dust and cob
webs from the ceiling and walls inside
OF the house. SCrape the dropping
boards clean and give them and the
roosts q good coat Of kerosene or
LIQUID lice killer. Clean out the nests
and burn the old nesting material.
Whf4ewash nests inside and out and
dry them in the sun. Thorough spray
ing Of the whole interior of the house
with thin wfitewaeh applied with
compressed air sprayer will sweeten
things wonderfully. II floors are OF
earth, remove the top six or eight
inches and replace with fresh, new
sandy suI II floors are wood or ce-
ment, scrApe and sweep clean and then
wash with a strong creolin solution.
Allow TO dry thoroughly, then cover
with a few inches Of sand over which
straw litter may be used II desired
when you have the house clean, keep
II clean.
p - ,s~~+{oom tt 40 wuIl IN have
a slide or opening in the north side Of
the poultry house, to cool off the build
ing In extremely hot weather The or
dinarily closed type Of poultry house
with small bare runs and no shade,
makes mighty uncomfortable quarters
for fowls in hot weather. Many Losses
among adult fowls in the summer sea-
con are the direct result Of Carelessness
in this matter Of providing comfortable
quarters Shade is important, Shade
iK essential TO comfort and health quite
as much az is sunshine. Sunshine,
combined with fresh air, is one Of the
best germ destrUyers and preventives
of disease that we have. It Is cheap
and effective, and for that reason It is
often overlooked for other agents which
are more expensive and less desirable.
It is. however, possible under some con
ditions to have too much Of a good
thing And abundant sunshine, with
out shade for use when needed, may
cause trouble in hot weather, Fowls
are often overcome by heat, and, when
kept in bare, unshaded runs, not infre-
quently suffer from sunstroke. The
remedy Is obvious Provide an album
dance OF shade for use when desired by
the birds When the runs are small |
and bare they should be scraped and
swept frequently to remove accumu-
lated droppings An runs should be
spaded up often and seeded down to
oats. rye or corn. Corn grown in the
runs I'm hot weather makes rapid !
growth and furnishes not only fresh !
green food, but shade as we'll If It Is
permitted to grow, besides purifying
the soil. Keep the runs clean and the |
soil well stirred. Where 1t is not prac- |
ticable to provide shade Of trees or by |
growing corn. burlap or muslin sun
shields should be provided.
Growing stock on range will be much |
more comfortable and profitable If dur |
ing the summer season they have an
opportunity to enjoy the shade Of fruit
trees and bushes, as well as that Of
either burlap or muslin sun shelters |
Colony houses scattered through an
orchard make very desirable quarters
for growing chicks,-The Industrious
Hen.