Evening star., 1915-05-30
Poultry Yard Notes.

MAY and June are the months Tor
Matching with hens. Chicks hatched
under hens during these two months
if properly handled and cared for'
should make rapid growth. and the
bullets should begin laying early IN
December, provided the broods are not
allowed to become infested with lice
or suffer other setbacks.
Constant and unremitting warfare
must be waged against all forms "
insect pests. however, If the chicks
ha tched under hens are to grow prop
erly and retain their vigor and vital
ity. Mites, head lice and other insects
must be kept off the chicks. and TINS
will require extra attention and extra
work. All the trouble and work, now
ever. will be well worth whlle, Tor tne
reason that it will cut down the NOR
taIity that otherwise would reduce the
Aocks. il not exterminate them.
The first thing to see to, Of course.
10 the coops in which the hens are
COMMUNICATING for granted that the
hens, during incubation and peIore'
have been carefully busted with re-
liable insect powder The coops ~
which the hens are confined must De
kent scrupulously clean and must pc
treated with some sort OF spray OF
wash at frequent Intervals. hite
wash in which crude carbollc aero mas
been mixed is as good ana as eneap
as ANYTHING. The proportion should
he about half teacup of the crude
carbolic acid to a two-gallon pan OF
thin whitewash, and the mixture
should be applied literally 70 every
norton of the inside OF the coop, using
a spraying device or an u,u ixtprs into
ANYTHING that will put the MIXTURE i..oo m .
asrw corner. crack and crevice of the
coop.
mixture of kreolin and water, ac-
cording to directions printed IN ,ne
;s an efficacious remedy for all KINDS
Of lice or other insect pests OF poultry;
So is a mixture of crude carpolic a. ~
and kerosene. one part OF tne aciu -
ten parts of kerosene Ihe latter ny n.in
tura should be applied to the entire
;nside of the coop with an old paint
hrnsh It is best to do this in the fore-
Daan and to keep the hen and chlcks
ont of the coop until late In the after-
noon.
with broods of chicks could be
.anGned In Slated coops which will
Keen the hens shut up Whlie permitting
the chicks to range. me httie Ieiiows )
will not go far from the mother men,
~ conseoueutly will not be dragged
nnrnd through weeds and grass wet
n-;th dew or rain. as would be the case
~ tho hens themselves were allowed
free range.
IF the range is restricted. coops for
a. hens NAV be made of any box large
enough to give the hens room to be
Comfortable. Nail upright Stats to the
front spacing them far enough apart
- hermit the chicks to run in and out.
W.ke a run about six feet long, four
faat wide and eighteen inches high. the
run heine a framework of strips of
i,,r,ber say. two inches wide, half an
inch thick and of the required length.
cav the framework at the corners and
cover 1t. sides and top, with fine mesh
nouItry netting. Allow the chicks to
scratch in this run. moving 1t from one
1iace TO another every day or SO and
adinr up the ground freshly when
spar the coop and run are moved to
new spot.
Roar in mind that chicks brooded by
.ans require clean, fresh litter in the
roostine coop Just the same as il they
,Yare being brooded under a hover.
Tsyer allow the litter to become foul
az vet as such litter is the cause of
,,ore mortality among the chicks than
anv other single fault of brooding.
Gin TO show red in combs and wattles
remoye them from the pullets and con-
fine them in coop and run to them
selves. giving the pullets as much
range as possible. Both will do better
this way than IL cockerels and pullets
were permitted to run together Push
the cockerels along N rapidly AZ possi-