Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-12-05
FARM CHICKEN MONEY.
About $3.50 Realized From Flock Of
$50 Hens.

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and keep about $50 hens, This year
from that number, | will realize about
$50 from the sale of eggs.
] always manage to keep my poultry
house clean and free from lice, greas-
ing and painting the perches and
whitewashing about three times
year have my hen house partitioned
off so as to have a separate place tor
the laying hens and when number
want to sit, | place them in another
room by themselves, give them their
allotted number of eggs Chat is, if 1t
is brooding season., and keep them
there until they hatch, keeping the
room comfortable for biddies, and
how they enjoy their quiet and undis
turbed brooding
When a number hatch | divide the
chicks among the best mothers, giving
them as many as they can care for
right | provide good coops, dry and
warm.
do no take the little chicks out OF
the nest until "a hours old and don't
feed them until 80 hours old, and then
for a week their diet is rolled oats,
and after that cornchop, millet, seed,
table scraps, a little milkcurd, plenty
of fresh water but care must be usec
that they do not get their bodies tot
much wet, as ii is very harmful L
them To insure rapid growth, they
must be fed regularly
| thoroughly grease the mother
hens for lice before giving them the
chicks, and quite often during the
summer go in the evening to the |
coops and take out the hens ant
grease them, so as to keep the young |
chicks free from vermin and TO keel |
them growing and getting ready for |
the early market, as broiers or fry |
crs to command the top market prices |
The pullets will mature early and |
begin laying While the old hens are
moulting | manage TO begin the sit
ting process as early as the weather |
will permit and the hens to sit II |
you have warm, comfortable quart
crs your hens viii become broody in |
January or early February. The earlier
your chicks the quicker into market |
| am now selling cockerels for good |
price for next years breeding pur-
poses and | am not in the fancy thor
oughbred chicken business, either, but |
keep good stock and people buy !
them to help their breeds.
The Barred Plymouth Rocks | have |
the greatest number of, as | prefer |
them for their good salable qualities;
their size and good yellow flesh make
them preferable for good eating. | |
am not condemning the other large |
breeds of poultry, but the b. p. Rs | |
have had the most experience with; |
the hens make good mothers and are |
good layers if given the right kind OF |
care.
In cold weather | take the chill off |
of their drinking water, and the drink
ing vessels must be kept clean at all
times. With the crevices all chinked |
plenty of grit, a dust box OF dirt or |
ashes and surely you will be well paid |
for your trouble. Besides these warm |
mashes of | feed grains, changing /
around to suit their appettes and |
never feed one kind of grain contn-
ually.
Keep your chickens tame, never dog |
or excite them in any manner
To sum up-keep good breeds OF
poultry, comfortable quarters, free
from vermin, good range, plenty OF |
water, proper food, and certainly am |
woman who is energetic and tries car |
make poultry-raisng profitable and !
find it a pleasure She must wach Sc
ds to have the hens bring forth many
eggs in the fall and winter when the !
prices are high; also watch for their
comfort and dispel the old idea that
they can care for themselves. In sum
mer they can to a certain extent but
in the winter they need your attention
most With an experience of Is years,
! find that by following these instruc
tons ! make more money and have 2
better income for the amount invest
ed than anything else on the farm
By Mrs O. II. Warman.