Milford chronicle., 1915-02-05

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your pens accordingly, we are in a posi-
ton to talk somewhat of the raising and
developing of chicks. Never use the
eggs from a breeding pen for incubation
until after the birds have been mated for
at least ten days. If you have selected
the right kind of parent stock for your
pens, you should have little or no trouble
in getting out good, sturdy, vigorous
youngsters, which will mean much to
ward your building up good, healthy
laying strain that will yield you nice
profit.
Never use full-blooded brothers and
sisters from which to breed, but rather
introduce into your flock the blood of
some good strain of the same vsriety.
That is the best introduced by the male
bird.
While the subject of brooding and feed
ing the little chick may be little pre-
mature, yet there are many who already
have eggs under course of incubation or
hens broody aud willing to set Then,
too, the season is rapidly approaching
when every breeder will be anxious to
get out his birds that they may mature
and be ready to lay when the fall and
early winter season sets in. This means
much to the man who depends upon his
eggs for the greater portion of his profits.
Early matches mean winter eggs, and
as it is to this end that most of us are
working, it behOoves us to get the young
sters out as early as possible, that they
may be we'll started on the road toward
wOmanhood before the hot sun hits them
in the summer
While the eggs are being collected
from the breeding pen for Matching pur
poses, they should be kept in a tempera
ture from As degrees to so degrees, aud
should, for the best results, be turned at
least once day. Never set dirty or un-
evenly shaped eggs, nor yek those that
are either extra large or email. The best
matches are gotten from perfectly shaped
eggs of medium size If the incubator
is used, you should never put mixture
of brown and white shelled eggs in the
machine at one time.
The amount of heat to keep them at an
even temperature varies, the brown ones
requiring more heat to maintain the reg
ulation heat than does the white ones,
and for this reason they should not be
mixed. Things are little different when
the hen is used, but even in this case,
better results are noted where the entire
sitting is Of the same color.
If the incubator is used, follow the di-
rections for operating the machine that
are furnished by the manufacturer. If
the hens are used, give old bddy good
attention and see that her nest is always
cfean aud free from fifth. Test the eggs
on the seventh day and remove those /
that are inirrtile If two hens are set !
at the same time, and the test shows about
half of each sitting to be infertile, then
give all the good ones to ole hen and
give the other one q new sitting. In this
way much time can be saved in getting
out your youngsters.
Probably the most difficult question in
relation TO the rearing of young chicks
is that of white diarrhea, or what is
commonly called bowel trou BILE, and which
is responsible for the death of more
chicks than any other one cause.
White disrrhea is due to many causes,
but in a vast majority, its presence is
primarily the cause of improper feeding.
The condition of the stomach is such
that it cannot withstand the attacks upon
the body caused by improper feeding.
The food consumed becomes soured in
the crop, thus polluting the blood, and
causing the development of white diar-
Thea
Most persons put the blame on the
parent stock for this disease, and while
this is sometimes true, it is more often
the fault of feeding than that of the par
ents Many chicks develop the disease
when the parent stock is absolutely free
from any traces of the malady.
0verhealed brooders and brooder.
houses are also responsible for many
deaths among the brood, and it has been
found that more chicks die as a result of
this condition than from being chilled.
Both should be avoided.
The proper temperature under which
chicks should be reared has been the
cause of much discussion among poultry
men. Experience has been shown that :
or the first four days after incubation I
hey should be kept in a temperature of i
lbout so degrees, and for the next two /
weeks 20 degrees, then cut again to sixty /
iegrees. {
Don't kill the little chicks with kind t
lees. Many persons maintain the 80 de .
,rees in the brooder for two, three and 8
ven four weeks after incubation and +
hen wonder why they die off so rapidly.
zoo much heat is the cause. Study the
leeds of your chicks and then apply
our conclusions, and you will meet with
uccess.
When the brood is liberated during h
he day, watch them; and just as soon !
9 you see them standing around in q
lunches chase them into the brooder. N
hey are cold, and if allowed to remain y
utside will soon topple over and die. f.
he length of time they are allowed to "
iay out depends entirely upon how soon G,
hey get chilled. Sometimes they will
ave to be run back into the brooder in N
lirty minutes, and sometimes they may h
e able to stay out longer time. Con- r
ant watching, however, is necessary
ntil they are of such an age that they f.
i'll seek shelter of their own accord
hen cold. h
Never give a chick any food whatever
II period of from thirty six to forty
ght hours after it has first seen the d,
ght Of day This is the mistake made RI
' most people-it is only another way te
killing them with kindness, only to L
gret it afterwards People look upon 81
10 newly Matched chick in all lite beauty, N