The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-01-03

10 have n few chickens in the
back yard 81 the hope OF almost
eyery man A. some time or other In
lie The great problem II 20 mako
them pay. IN snort. 20 have ths
chickens keep themselves rather
than keeping them. Every year
thers are hundreds Of people around
seattle who start In the poultry In
fail not because the idea IL not
right. but because they 10 not know
how % start right The right stock
81 a big factor in mans suecess
PICK the KIND 81 bird you want.
decide whether you want an egg
laying strain. n big. meaty bird, or
"a combination Of tho two. and then
get IN touch with a breeder Of thor
oughbred birds. Thoroughbred stock
means Htock that f. Of proven quail
ties, and although 81 costs more in
the beginning, II means much moro
IN the pocket In the end. And be-
rlder. the one who buys scrub stock
IN tho beginning always has 20 buy
not buy Il In the first placer An
other point: II costs no more 10
feed good birds than 81 does 10 feed
the scrubs. and you get more eggs,
prices. too. Where eggs from scrub (
stock bring about 20 cents q cozen, 1
eggs from thoroughbred birds
bring from 81 10 80 for a setting
Early hatcbed chicks mean early
layers. birds that will lay when tho
prico OF eating eggs scars around
30 70 70 cents dozen. chicks
hatched in the next few months win
be wipter layers The light bodied l
pullets, as the hens are called that
are under year old. viii lay, on an
average. IN about six months. while
the larger bodied puilets VIII lay
in about seven months. as II takes
fnnKgr
Generally the best evidence OF
what hen viii DO II what she
does do. 40 we choose the most pre-
cocious pullets and those possessed
Of the greatest vitality. We should
begin the building OF profitable
flock with the pullets. and so We
select from those that are well bred,
those which have the function OF
and give evidence OF this by early
laying, though We shun those which
commence 10 lay before their bod
les are developed. a pullet which
continues IL for considerabis
period. shows that her egg organs
are not normally developed bho
viii not make good layer for .
long period.
A flock Of good layers can only
be secured by wedding out the oilers,
for Ia the best bred stock there Will
come a certain percentage OF poor
myers, the same as tneft are OL
runtH. The better the breeding the
lower this percentage VIII be In both
cases. In breeding for eggs we want
this inherent quality. and IL mostly
comes from the sire's side. as he
largely influences fecundity. a Leg
horn pullet which does not lay when
she IS Elk months old. assuming that
she has been properly grown. re-
ceived no set back and was Matched
during the natural breeding season.
cannot lie considered as precocious.i
and IL IL doubtful II she will ever
make a very great layer, April ana
MAJ puliets should do this. March
puilefs may take n little longer. de-
pending on the season. When they
can get out on the ground early ini
April they will mature as quickly as
April hatched pullets- June pulletsl
are about with March birds. when
care IS taken to protect them FROM
heat July and later require month
or two longer. as they have TO con-
tend with hot weather from thst
start. and unless very carefully
grown will never mature at full sizef
and often make poor layers OF small |
eggs.