Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-14
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tention to a hundred or more little chick
ems, but If one is systematic and looks
at a flock today, watches them eat dnC
sees them go to roosr and the next day
takes another under supervision there 5
not much chance of disease getting j
foothold, and accidents can be repaired
found one that the rats had hurt, The
craw had a hole as big as a dime. 1 %,
out all of the food, washed the wounC
and creased it thoroughly with vasel!nt
and put it in the cool hospital: for daJ
IL had nothing to eat, then l gave it bread
soaked in sweet milk not as much as
would be the size of a pecan nut anC
by carefully washing the wound agair
in warm water with another application
OF vaseline 1t began to heal and is now
a nice little pullet. l did not turn il on
as long as the craW leaked for II was
liable to get infected.
Some peopel say that it's unnecessary
trouble to try to save little chickens
That may be so with scrubs; but my
hens have laid right on through all this
storm and the youngsters, are just as
fine.
| sold a man & setting of eggs just
two months ago, and every one Matched.
He told The Farmer that he would not
take IS for them; not a week after that
some one told him it was foolishness
to buy vaseline, 10 smear lard on their
heads and under their wings. He had
been told, when he got the eggs, to put
Just a tiny, tiny bit of vaseline under
each wing, on the head and where the
yolk of the egg slipped into the un-
ha tched chick, and to be sure and do
that as he took them from the nest.
Well. he did not, and when he did
grease them with the lard the hot sun
blistered the poor little things. every
bit of the down came off and, of course,
they all died. Greasing them at first
is safe, for they stay under their
mother for the first day or so, and they
should De confined to the pen for a;
least a week.
| shall take off a hen tomorrow, will
put her in dry place and not let the
babies run on the ground until it gets
dry
Some one wants to know what I use
for a dip. Any good stock dip will do.
There are so many good ones that l
get the one most convenient, for all of
them amount to the same thing. 4 good
way to do is to have a tub of it, one
cup of dip to ninety-nine water, and
souse your brood hens in it. Gradually
you get all of them soused, and in the
meantime the roosters and others can
get dip. Do not dip the little chick
ems, only the fully feathered. Watch
the roosting places. spray them with
kerosine oil and carbolic acid, scatter
lime. and keep clear of mites. Examine
the under side of the roosts, that S
where they stay and render the poor
chickens miserable all night. Don
blame your hens for not laying, nor for
quitting a nest infested with vermin.
Half a dozen would drive you dis
tracted, and they have hundreds.
| have had numerous inquiries for
prices on youngsters just about two
CT three months old. Next month is
the time to get such chickens. They
moult four times and until then there
is a probability of slate or cotton i'm
the under color January pullets should
lie laying now. Mine usually lay in
May, so they are as costly as the
older birds. There are always some
yearling hens to sell cheap; not because
there is anything wrong with them, but
crowded quarters necessitate every
poultry keeper having to get rid of
some stock.
But this is enough about chickens this
time. Faithfully yours.
LIZZIE o. THOMAS