The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-02
Poultry

(By C%ockspur.)
BRoODING

Ingenuity in the raising Of chicks
keeps DOWN the expense account in the
poultry business. as it does in other
be devised for the care of young
chicks. Especially is this true when
the natural method brooding with
hem is employed. The hen is usually
placed with her eggs in a nest set
against the wall Of the coop, too high
for the chicks to get out when they
are dry and anxious to u around.
nearer the ground. They must be re-
moved.
Many fine brooders are for sale in
the poultry stores. The manufacture
ers are turning out new things all the
time. But where only a few chicks
are being raised it is possible to make
a brood COOP after a simple pattern
gives attention to detail he can save
money. II he doesn't he had better
buy a commercial brooder and save
his chicks.
Sometimes. and a good method, too.
is to hatch your chicks in a good solid
barrel, not a sugar or -four barrel. be-
cause they give too much chance for
drafts. but a barrel with half-inch
slaves. 1t is best to cut off q quar-
ter Of the ordinary barrel so that it
will not be too deep for sou to handle
the eggs or the chicks and also give
YOU a greater freedom in keeping it
clean n free from vermin.
the barrel. This wire should be firm
ly fastened on one side and hooked on
the other to ward of cats. rats and
other predatory animals. It can be
opened during the day to allow the
hen to come off her nest for food and
water and in q like manner can be
open for the chicks. Bore two holes
tilation.
is used, a small box in which all the
cracks have been closed, and in the
sides of which a hole is cut for ven-
tilation, can be used and set nearer
the ground. Disinfect it well before
you put the chicks into it: On the
cut clover being about. the best, and
transfer the chicks and the hen to
the new nest. The box should be
about three feet square. Across he
lower front place a strip of wood
about four inches high. and hinged at
hooks. From the top, a wire frame
Should swing on hinges. These W
should meet and then be fastened to.
gether at night. In the day time,
both can be opened and the chicken
and her brood can 60 and come. Not
too freely. however, for fear they will
wander away from the mother and be
caught by q rat or a cat.
They can be enticed back to the
brood coop with food. 1t is we'll to
place a couple Of stout pieces of joist
under the coop to keep 1t from the
ground, or else two-inch legs can be
nailed onto the box. The lower front
krf.. y~~l ~vff1 ~~k 80. N ~ mite
box could be used to hatch in also.
II you are a handy man at car.
pentry you can pattern your brood
coop after the accompanying picture.
This can be made for two hens and
their broods. The upper front is wiz
ed and the lower rather closely slat-
t Sout w M;fn the The chicks hac ,h are .i able to to run IN
removed. The little runs shown in
front must be hinged so they can be
caught up at night. This coop IL six
feet long three feet deep. and three
feet high In front and two feet in the
rear. Do not forget the holes in the
sides for ventilation. These holes can
be covered with wire.
When the chicks r weaned. roosts
can be placed in this coop and the
chicks can occupy 1t all summer. In
place Of the stats. after weaving. It
might be well to have adjustable win
Vows no maj IN increment weather the
chicks will get plenty OF light.
P%oultrygrams.
Don't crowd your chicks in the
brooder. II O do nature win prob
ably take Its course and a number will
be lost. They will be trampled and
smothered.
In bad weather watch your chicks.
They don't know enough to get in out
Of the rain.
Watch out for lice. Chicks are
ruined by an unclean brooder. Dust
your hens well. Spray the br0oder
with an insecticide, creosote being one
OF the best. Every two weeks won't
hurt for spraying.
The job-hunters can tell without
sampling 1t that there Is too much
shortening in the pastry on the Wash.
ington pie counter.
With the desks taken out of the
house Of representatives.. what Will
hot-headed lawmakers do for missiles
when they want to throw books or
inkstands at ono another. after the
lively fashion Of Vienna or Versailles ?