Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-29
The Ge0rgiam's Poultry,
Pet and Live Stock Page
HOW To HANDLE
LATE MATCHES
If You Must Have Midsummer
Broods. Take Care of Them.
Advises One Who Knows.

"A chick Matched in July isn't worth
& fly" is an old saving. and quite apt
TO turn out to be a true one.
Where one has plenty Of room the
July chick may be paving proposi-
tion. We have had hens steal their
nests and bring Off a bunch Of chicks
during the hottest weather that never
received any care or feed until fall, the
old hen keeping them In the fields. Ano
they were a lively. husky bunch, and
as wild as the proverbial hawk. This
was on the farm and after harvest:
then in the wheat stubble. where wheat
and seeds and insects were plentiful.
Even under these favorable conditions,
while they filled In the niche. We found
that the earlier Matched birds turned IN
more profit. and We should not advise
any one to hatch chicks during mid
summer unless under extraordinarily
favorable conditions.
Nearly all poultrymen have found
that it is the March and April Matched
chick that pays, but often for various
reasons. We continue Matching until
somewhat later.
No doubt many of our readers have
such late lots OF chicks now on hand
and are wondering why they do not do
as we'll as the earlier Matched ones.
The reason is that. in nearly every case.
the late ones are kept on the same piece
Of ground that the earlier ones occu-
pied. or in some cases the attempt is
made to keep all Of different ages on
the one plot at the same time. Such
a system is sure to mean failure, so
far as the younger chicks are con
cerned
When 4 brood Of chicks occupies A
piece of ground for = month or two II
not only communicates It, but takes the
life" out Of IT, and, unless something
Il done TO renovate such run before
another lot of chicks is put on It,
these later ones are bound to suffer
from such contamination and lack Of
life in the ground To go further and
keep adding younger chicks to flock
without removing the older ones mere
y aKgravstes this condition. Then the
arger chickens win abuse and some
lines kill the small ones. and always
Keep them from The iced tin all the
,hoice morsels are gone.
| have seen chicks kept under these
conditions dozens OF times, and have
heard the complaint that there Is no
money in late Matched chicks. AS fine
bunch OF chicks as we have ever had
was Matched the first week of June.
and they we're not kept on free range,
either but in a good sized run grown
to weeks and grass But there had
been no chickens on this run that year.
If you have a lot of chicks Of differ
ent ages on the same run. the sooner
you separate them the better. There
should be not over a months difference
in the ages Of chicks kept in the one
mock If necessary. divide the run into
two or more yards. and. II there is
no other place to keep them. spadng
up the ground viii help. as earth win
purify itself II given the chance. and
II the run is overcrowded reduce the
number as fast as possible
Also adopt this rule with your old
stock Most matings are broken up
and all should be just as soon after
YOU get through using the eggs fol-
Matching as possible The hens are
better off. and will lay as well and
,ome through the moult in better shape
4 no male is running with them. Tn
less a male is an exceptionally good
one he should be disposed OF right
after the breeding season Mann