The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-21
If Proper Care Is Taken They
May BE Made a Source
Of Income.
HOW BEST TO RAISE THEM
Should BE Kept Out Of Hot Sun
and Given Plenty to Eat
and Drink.


fault Of the system used that has given
the poultrymen results that were dis
couraging Nine men out OF ten who
try to hatch and rear chicks in the sum-
mer months attempt to 10 so on the
same ground that has been used for the
earlier matches. Some even let the July
Matched chicks rustic for food and shell
ter with the cockerels and pullets that
came out In March and April. Give the
July chicks the same chance that was
given the March Matched ones, and you can
grow them easily and make "A nice proiit
from them.
know family that Is able To close
up the village home in late June and
spend the next ten weeks on their New
Hampshire farm They take virtually
their entire flock OF poultry with them.
hatch and rear their chicks on the Farm
and bring them back 20 town In the au-
tumn. At that time both chicks and hens
are In the pink OF condition.
on the farm the hens go out In rough
shelters. mostly open ON ends and front.
some Of them cheap. iloorless houses
that can DE easily moved from place TO
place as the grass IL eaten or soilod.
The chicks are Matched in an incubator.
brooded by hens. and as soon they
can roost are given shelters that are open
on every side. They roOst well up to-
ward the roof. out OF the reach Of falling
rain, thus having all the advantages OF
roostlng in trees but with the dangers
cut out. Providing vermin Is kept away
by the wire covered sides OF the shelters.
and the long days give abundant time for
the wide range OF the real farm.
The fresh air treatment that is so use
full in the handling of disease In humans
works out wonders in the producing OF
strong chicks and the making over %
. T. E,.N.
Ing. This family rejoces In the posses
sion OF a farm in the hill country. finds
upon II "a low cost summer vacation and
~ the same time has worked out the
raising of sturdy chicks in summer Let
us see II we cannot apply their cond-
lions TO chicks as raised in the town In
the hot months.
have brought out chicks the eth
OF July that began 10 lay In January
The cockerels made good eating from
the middle OF October TIL the late days
IN March. They were as healthy, as Wig
orous. as profitable as any | ever started
two months earlier. Possibly they aver
aged a quarter of a pound less In weight
than spring Matched chicks. but on the
other hand they began to lay at a month
less age. What I lost on the flesh |
made up on the dozen extra eggs laid
In my earlier work with poultry never
made summer chicks really profitable
II was my fault. because did not
use my brain as | should. and no wonder
] failed tn get what I expected. l would
like to share with others the secret, II
secret there be. OF raising these warm
weather chicks.
! favor the use OF the incubator IN
the Matching of summer chicks. l have
these machines. like them better than
hens and depend upon them. When I
was practising medicine. before coming
on my farm five years ago, had to
do part Of my ncubating with hens.
especially In the Matching OF these late
chicks. Now hen Matched chicks. the
summer ones. are brought forth when
lice and red mites are abundant and ac-
tive. And how these pests do love the
warmth and blood OF the setting hen
Developing chick embryos under the hen.
even though protected by the shells, suf-
fer from her uneasiness resulting from
the pernicious activities OF the lice and
from her weakness from the blood suck
ing OF the red mites. The hen that covers
q clutch OF eggs in late June must be
busted before incubation begins. once a
week during incubation and two DAYS
after Matching. The fine busting powder
has TO be well worked into the feathe RS
~ well as under the wings and across
the back. The eggs from which the new
crop Of lice IL TO corle are fastened 10
the short feathers. Dust has no effect
on the eggs--or "nits" as they are com
monty called--and 1t is not Til they are
Matched that you can kin the new genera
ton OF lice. Two thorough dustings
should destroy most OF the lice. and the
third and fourth dustlngs take care OF
the stray lice that We're elsewhere when
you gave the previous treatment
The red mites, or spider lice, cannot be
successfully fought with insect powder
You have to get right at them with some
thing that will destroy them. There are
several liquid lice killers on the market
that do good work, and they are the most
convenient TO buy. Sometimes the house
owner has can OF one OF the tar dis
infectants. used around the stable or
Kitchen. that may be used for the mites
i add enough Of this liquid to water Ia
give a decided milky look to the mixture
but not enough to be at all gummy. Get
this spread over red mite and he has
had his last feast ~ hens blood with
brush or spray pump you can saturate
the nest of the hen before using, as we'll
as any doubtful cracks In the hen house
During the day the mites are to he found
hidden away In dark cracks, and by night
on the hen. Get rid Of the mites before
they have any chance to annoy or weaken
the hen
The hen will do better work in hatch
Ing II she has n chance 10 come off when
she pleasCs, and has access to "A small
grass run II Is not enough 10 give her
dish Of corn, a dish Of grit, a fountain
or water She needs green food also, and
the growing grass will supply that II
grass runs are not available the green
stufr should be given daily.
Set her where she will not suffer from
the hot summers sur. II she il 80 warm
that she is half on the eggs. painting for
breath with wide open betk, the eggs
VIII not give YOU many chicks, and those
that hatch will be Of doubtful value.
The three weeks are soon passed the
chicks are out and dry, and then comes
the question of.houSing and feeding Here
Is where most folks fail.
To raise really profitable summer chicks
one must give them exceptionally good
care good housing, good food II you rear
them with III" hen that did the hatch'r .
she should have a small coop that is cool
light, clean and comfortable. II posshle
would have the COOP a new one, built 10,
use another spring, but first used for thi,
brood OF summer chicks
The new coop will have no germs abou,
u no mites in Tho Cracks-a great heir
In hot July and August days II needs
TO be ventilated, | prefer coop thai
has the front covered with inch mest
wire netting. This gives air and sun.
light, ,wo most necessary factors IN
solving the problem Of summer chlc,ts
liace the coop on fresh ground and Civ,
me hen and chicks n clean run You can.
not rear good summer chicks on fltf