Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
SUGGESTIONS FOR
HOUSING YOUR POULTRY
And Some Good Poultry Pointers,
By J. H. McFAUL. Jr.
an Rights Resey7eo

si'i'O 10 ~" ripe Tor poultry raisers
no matter W%nere they may be located
/ ~ lOoh wen INTO the condition of tb
proper housing OF their hocks for IN,
coming com winter. This duty of the poultry
N man an Is most essential to the man who !.
III Ine business on small scale as wei
as he who is carrying on a p7ore -. -
slve business.
he correct and proper bousipo, y,
chickens is really Of mucb r,oras "a
portance than their proner feedir'. r'l.-
BY this statement, however ID ~.
wish to be understood as inferring tbet
proper feeding is not essential in So fsr
as the profits are concerned. This is %
known fact. But what | wonjd II,
press upon your mind is the reajizatioD
that If your birds are improDertI,.
housed they will be continually ont ~
condition by being checked up with colds
and roup. When in this condition tbe,
VIII not lay well, and therefore Will not
De as profitable as they should be. even
though you might be feeding along lines
Wnlcn are correct in every detail
Unhealthy stock is an expense. and
Tor this reason would place the HOUSING
OF the teathered tribe as the first and
most important duty of the man who
raises poultry.
FIRST see that your stock is in fairly
healthy condition. and if your house is
not bullt so as to permit an abudaDce of
! Iresh ar without the presence of drafts
While at the same time being weather.
| proof, you had better rebuild before The
season is too far advanced and while tba
birds are yet in a healthy state. Colds
contracted by fowls at this season of tbe {
year are extremely hard to get rid Of t
as they are with human beings. and
often develop into bad cases of roup e
which is to say the least. dangerous 10 a
the birds.
Colds are usually the result of drafts &
IN the roosting quarters of the fowls d
while they sleep. Scores of poultrvmen +
pay absolutely no attention to this matter n
and then lay the blame for being out of
condition at the door OF the bird instead a
of at their own. nj
Open front houses are productive of OIL
OF good healthy, vigorous birds, and in Il
addition to this virtue they prevent foul
odors from remaining within the house le
for any length of time, as do those that
are closed tightly, Fresh air is one of be
the greatest health restorers and disease tn
known to medical science m
and this applies as well to fowls as it lal
iOes to the human family. W,
If you doubt the logic of this asser-
ion, try it and watch the results for hi
'ourself. In the spring, you too, will be Sc
advocating fresh air for poultry. ha
If your present poultry house happens tn,
o be one Of the tightly closed variety at
resent, shoulder your ak and with a few lOc
irected blows from the inside remove ter
he boards from the south side of the pie
11Ild1nor flrnr tho nTannfy.rr 81
lesh poultry wire. Now note the differ at
nee in the looks of the house. See if
does not improve the appearance a lar
lndred per cent. Next provide cur her
lin of muslin or some other equally 3
BOD material, to be lowered at night dur mel
G extremely cold or blustery weather gra
If on the other hand, you have already scOl
divided yourself with an open front ing
yle house, but have not seen to it that pea
drafts are excluded then get busy just
d remedy the defect. If the building The
IS been so carelessly constructed that tori
is impossible for you to put it in such W
ape to be tentable, then as suggested on a
fore, shoulder your axe and raZe the IN +
)oming thing; and in its stead build and
e that will be a comfortable abode for him.
2 biddies during the coming winter. w
Many poultrymen make the claim that spen
eping fowls in Open-front houses has a HI
dency to lessen the egg yield. Let's the =
k at this assertion from a practical Mi
ndpoint. If this were true, why would spen
h houses be adopted by all of the delpf
ge and extensive egg farms scattered Mi
oughout the country? Don't you IS Wis
TX the experience of these men is Joi
'th something Is it reasonable to ton,
pose they would continue to use and ).
ocate them if they were detrimental York
he fowls or in any way reduced their Ha
fits, which by the way, is their living {. Da
they are better for the big fellow, visito
] why not better for you Try them Cha
;onaI experience is the best teacher. week
on crowd your fowl. 1t produces H.
ealthv quarters and breeds disease. spend
D plenty of litter on the floor of the Mrs.
ieLespeciallv during the winter week.
tbs. In addition to this. provide Mrs
birds with a good scratching shed in part 0
ection with YOUR open-front house. w. d.
scatter the grain food in the litter Mrs
the birds may get exercise in hunt ing re-
{. 1t is best during cold fall rains Calv
lows to keen the fowls housed, with visitin
IS only to the scratching shed. Keep Mrs.
water before the fowls at all times Sunda.
Turing bitter cold weather it is well
eep the water at a temperature
b will not chill them. Not hot, but
the chill taken off.
Ike your winter preparations during The
month. Nothing is to be gained by the hol
ng until bad weather is here for it Mrs
then be too late to do good. Mrs. X
YOU will follow the above advice Stan
ote the difference in the condition tvpboic
ur birds when spring arrives, you ID.
I'M be an advocate of the open-front scalded
of house, and the youngsters w. Z
ed from next season s matings will TO Phil,
re vigorous and healthy than those Mrs.
ced from birds housed through the Campel
r in closed quarters. at Cant
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