Semi-weekly herald., 1913-06-16
SHADE, FRESH AIR AND WATER
FOR CHICKENS.

j. Harry Welsieffer, poultry Judge,
lecturer and practical poultry raiser,
says:
The successful poultry, raiser-he
who grows chicks from the egg to
maturity-must, in order to avoid re-
tarding their growth, provide them
with roomy, clean quarters, clean feed,
fresh water and shade and must wage
an everlasting war on lice, which
thrive during the summer months.
The beginner, through his inexperi-
ence, does not realize the Importance
of these vital essentials, the observ-
ance of every one Of which is abso-
lutely necessary is success is to be at
iained in poultry raising.
With us the babyhood dangers of
chicks ere past when thy are from
ten days to three weeks cid, which IS
the age of the chicks-healthy up
to this point low being raised by /; n
army Of beginners throughout the
country. Yet thousands of them will
be lost and many more thousands
stunted through the mistakes of al
most every beginner in poultry rails
ing.
The first mistake is lack of fresh
air, due to overcrowding and lack of
proper quarters. The chicks have
done well up e. III. ten-day or three,
l~eek period, because the brooder quar-
ters have been large enough in their
infancy, but from now on, as the
chicks grow bigger, they require more
fresh air, which they will never re-
ceive in crowded quarters. Over
crowding will always stunt growth of
chicks, and though they often live,
they do not reach standard weight. 1t
should also be remembered that each
and every time the growing chicks
receive check or setback it retards
their maturity so much longer. How
often do we hear in the late fall and
early winter from the poultry raiser
that his fowls are cold enough to lay
end they look pretty good; other poul-
try raisers are obtaining eggs from
fowls of the same age" though he
is not. He fails to realize that dur
ing the growing period his chicks had
received several setbacks, retarding
their sexual maturity. Fowls that
should lay as flock at from five to
six months from the shell did not lay
for some weeks after, some not start
ing until seven and even eight months
due wholly to the mistake made DUR
ing the growing season. Overcrowd-
ing the growing stock, hence, lack of
fresh air, is one of the first causes
cf late development.
Possibly the next mistake is allow
ing vermin to get a strong hold on
the fowls. Many ills are caused by
lice, and on every poultry raiser's
premises they will be found in greater
or less quantities.
Only continual warfare against
them will hold them in check. One
often hears the beginners say: "My
buildings are new and there are no
lice on the place"
Do not deceive yourself.
Several years ago we butt new
plant on new ground that lad never
seen a chicken--;n fact, the only
chickens in that zone were at least
..hrec miles away.
The incubators were new, the
breeders new, and several thousand
tatching eggs werl shipped 10 the new
r,ont. some coming as far as 800
miles. Five months after the first
chicks were hatched we discovered
lice and few mites. Where did they
come from? Sparrows, that English
nest of all poultry raisers, and other
birds carry from place to place many
THINGS that are Objectionable. Con-
seouently if there are no lice now
be prepared for them in the future
Frequently the chicks die without ap-
narent cause. Every kind of medi-
cine had been given them without eff
feet. Their death was in all proba.
bility due to mites or lice.
Spray the poultry-houses once
week with some Of the good CONNER
cial lice killers for the little red mite
which does all the work at night, new
err stays on the fowls during the
DAYTIME. It sleeps on the floor or nu
der the perches where the chicks dt
old enough roost. Kerosene or Goa
oil ia an excellent lice killer. Paint