The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-04-29
The CARE OF YOUNG CHICKS
In May and JUNE.

All breeders who expect to exhibit
this fall have had their chicks hatched
off for two or three months. but there
are just scores Of people who didn't
set hen until in April. | had friend
come to me the other day this being
the latter part of April saying that he
had ordered fine setting of eggs. He
hasn't gotten his eggs yet, and by the
time he gets his eggs and gets his
chicks off il will then be the last of
May. He may be able to raise good
chicks from those eggs. but for my
part | would rather have one chick
Matched in the early spring February
or march,. than to have half dozen
hatch when his will.
Still there are going to be lots Of chicks
Matched in Nav. so we must plan how
to give them the best of care and at
tention in order that they will develop
into large healthy birds. The greatest
thing to contend with will be the ex-
IRENE heat. IL anyone has an orchard
that is good and shady. or some other
well shaded spot, then this is the place
for these May and June Matched chicks.
If exposed to the hot sun too much
they will act ss though they are very
sleepy and sluggish.
Then another great problem for late
Matched chicks is that there are more
lice moving around then than in the
early spring. and if lhev happen to get
on them and on the hen. unless some
thing is done at once they will kill every
one of them. Late Matched chicks do
not seem to be as able to fight them off
as the earlier Matched ones.
While the hen is setting 20 to her
nest every few days and dust her well
with some good insect powder. Also
it is a good idea to take your spray and
making crude carbolic acid. one quart
to three parts of kerosene. Spray this
all around the nest and the quarters
where the setting hens are kept. Dust
the hen again just before taking her off
the nest then you are ready to remove
YOUR brood.
After few days if you see by in
spection that you have not cleaned the
chicks Of the lice, then it is a good idea
to take each chick and grease its head
just little with salty meat grease lard.
Then it would be no bad idea to let the
little fellows. have little sunshine to
keep the grease from bothering them
so much. Always remember that
plenty of shade and to be free from
lice Is what they need most.
do not feed the chicks until they
are at least forty-eight hours old. Then
| begin to feeding them on commercial
chick feeds (have used number of df-
ferent kinds and find them all to- be
nearly the same in results, from the
very beginning. feed about five
times day until they get to be a week
old, then begin to cut it down until
get to feeding three times a day. |
use manufactured drinking fountains
and like them fine. for there is no way
for the chicks to paddle in the water
and get their feet wet. | am very
careful to see that they have plenty Of
clean, fresh water before them at all
times.
After these chicks begin to get up
about a month old begin to feed them
cracked wheat (cracked once), and
cracked corn. have a small hand mill,
grind the grain and can be regulated to
make is any size desired. | crack the
grain in proportion to the size and age
of the chicks. Always feed the grain
in the grass or in litter. so that they
will have to work for it. like for
them to tearn to scratch early and to
keep it up all the time while they are
growing, for have found the saying
1.-THE working hen is the paying hen"
to be very true.
From that age on | still feed grain,
allowing them plenty of range with
green stuff on it. Some poultrymen do
not approve of feeding grain all the
time, but get splendid results from
this kind of feeding. 1t may be be-
cause do not try to handle as many as
some poultrymen do.