Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-07
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from the outside appearance you
could see nothing of the chickens
that had been buried, still the
chickens found enough of this
poisonous matter to eat it, and the
day following and the day after
that a large per cent of his chick
ems were dead from this trouble,
which is ptomaine poison, or more
commonly known as limberneck. If
you can get Conkey's Limberneck
Cure into their system before they
are too far gone it will save them
for you.
Rochelle, Fla.-Please give me the
cause and remedy for my little chick
ems. They seem perfectly healthy
until they are about two weeks old.
Then they seem to get weak and only
live for about two days afterwards.
They eat heartily until the very last
and seem to b hungry all the time.
! feed on corn meal, grits and shorts
and keep fresh water for them all
the time I have taken off over $50
this spring and haven't over % now
out of the $50. What l have don't
seem to thrive at all.
ANSWER.
There is evidently something wrong
with the management of your chick
ems, or something probably that you
have not discovered that is killing
them. The feed that you are giving
would not cause the trouble, but it Is
not a balance ration and should have
some oat meal mixed with 1t. They
should have at least two feeds each
day of little chick feed, in addition to
the grits and shorts. Grits and
shorts alone are not a good feed to
start little chickens off on. and they
must have some other food to keep
their digestive organs in good condi-
ton. After they are some weeks old
they should have gept before them
at all times two parts bran and one
part commercial meat scraps, or Aunt
Patsey poultry feed dry, but you
should continue giving the little chicks
grain until they are large enough to
eat The most critical time is when
thew are about two weeks old as
they begin to shed the down and take
on q. coat of feathers This Is a ter
rible drain on their system and they
must have plenty nourishing food at
this time. | am inclined to believe
that your little chickens either have
lice. mites or Texas fleaS on them,
and it is most likely that they are
sappping the life out of them ana
causing the loss.
Tupelo, Miss have a pen OF X.
C. Black Minorcas, seven pullets ana
one hen mated to a cockereL Their
eggs do not hatch good, one and
three out of every setting. l have
set 112 and got is chicks. They
die in the shell at different sizes.
Some pip the shell and then die, and
some die awful small in the she'll.
/ have them in a yard something
like rs feet square and feed them
scratch feed. Keep oyster shell,
grit and charcoal in their pen all
the time. The cockerel now has
something like the roupe, and has
had it four weeks. / gave him
germazone, but 1t does no good.
He can't cackle and can't hardly
crow. He eats hearty all the time.
The eggs were laid before he took
that disease. VIII you please tell
me what to do for them and what is
the mater with their eggs?
They are a very fine pen, won
several prizes at Tupelo, December,
1911. first cockerel, first hen and
first, second, third and fourth pull
let. Thanking you for any informa-
ton you can give, / am,
Yours truly
H S. LAMB.
ANSWER.
1 think the cockereTs condition
has kept your eggs from Matching.
II would be best TO take him out of
the pen, give him extra good feed
and care and good free range Get
YOU another cockerel to head the
pen. When male bird is sick or
under the weather 1t is impossible
to get good strong chickens from
him, or a big per cent to hatch
LAGRANGE, Gal wish to ask you
in regard to my Indian Runner duck
ungs. Last Sunday took off II ducks
out of ~ eggs and they were doing
fine until a few days ago. when one
began. to look drowsy and sleepy and