The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-30
.Wintering Poultry
Special Care Should BE Given Fowls
During Cold Weather to obtain
Best Results

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good condition, on'y healthy fowls
placed in the buildings, and good
care should by all means be given
to the poultry. The houses should
he thoroughly cleaned, disinfected
and made tight for winter. If the
house has a dirt floor It is wei to
remove 3 or inches from the tor
and substitute fresh gravel or sand
II the floor is cement or wood re-
move all litter and dirt and put IN
or inches of fresh straw or lit
ter. BE sure that the house Is tight
on three sides and that there is no
chance for draft to strike the hers
If hens roost or are placed In n
draft during the fall and winter
COZ DIS are sure to develop, which
may result in roup and other trOu
bles. The south side, or front of
the poultry house may be left com
paratively open. but should be un
der control so that the openings may
be closed gradually as the weather
becomes cold. Have muslin cur
tains in the front of the house, or
leave window partly open even on
the coolest nights to allow some ven.
ti'ation in the house. Fo,ts will
stand considerable cold air provided
II is dry, and ventilation will keep
the air thoroughly dry in the house.
The rullets should be brought in
off the range and put in winter quar-.
ters, but before they are mixed with
the older fowls be sure that the hens
are banded or that the web of the
foot is punched in some way so as to
distinguish between the pullets and
the hens. In this way the older stock
may be culed out whenever 1t ap.
pears desirable and the young hens
kept for further laying. Gull the
chickens which are brought into the
laying house carefully, and fatten
and market all chickens which are
small, poorly developed or in poor
condition. These small, poorly de.
veloped chickens are apt to catch
cold If put in with the other poultry
and develop diseases which quickly
spread through the flock Market al
surplus cCckcrels or older male birds
which are not desired for breeding
or not wanted for a later market.
| Feed the grain i'm a deep litter on
the floor and make the hens exercise
for all OF their grain. The mash may
be fed either wet or dry, and SHOULD
he so regulated that the fowls will
get about equal parts of mash and
of the scratch grains. 1t is neces
sary to give the fowls plenty to eat
to get good results, but the birds
should always be eager for each
! feed. In cold weather feed about
one third OF the scratch grains in
the morning and two thirds at night
In this way the mems are forced to
exercise more than if they receive
al tin grain they desire at morn
ing feed. Scratch grains, mash or
ground grains, animal protein, green
| l'tu, STU SItil Dt sup
| piled in the winter. A good scratch
mixture may be made of equal parts
by weight of cracked corn, wheat,
| and oats; and mash may be made
of two parts corn meal and one part
each of wheat bran, wheat middlings
and beef scrap. Green feed, such
as cabbages, mangel wurzel beets,
cut alfalfa, or sprouted oats, should
be supplied to replace the green feed
| which the fowls have been securing
III the fields and beef scrap, skim
milk, cut green bone, or some similar
feed is needed to replace the bugs
which the fowls have been getting on
the range. Beef scrap or feed of this
nature is very essential in securing
a good supply of eggs during the
winter months.
Clean the dropping boards at least
once week, and spray the roosts
with Kerosene or some commercial
preparation for killing mites once a
month during the winter. Have a
good supply of sand or dry dirt on
hand to use on the dropping boards
during the winter.
If any of the birds develop colds,
put as much potassium permangan-
ate as will remain on the surface Of
dime into a gallon of water and
keep this mixture in their drinking
water for several days or until the
symptoms of the colds have disap
peared. Remove any sick birds
from the flock as soon as they are
noted and treat them in coops by
themselves, or kill and bury them
II they are not worth treating.
Examine the pul'e and hens for
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