Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-07
(By j. HOWARD SLEDD.)

There is one feature of the poultry
farmers than 1t does. which is that
poultry yields an all year round in.
come. To be sure II Is all year round
work, but farmers have to keep fairly
busy the year round in order to make
living and something to spare. From
January to January. the hens may be
relied upon to produce an income. OF
course 1t al depends upon the man.
agement. To raise poultry the way our
forefathers did will not produce it by
any means. But the modern poultry
. plant has to do with the selling OF
products from the beginning OF the
year to the end. The well managed
plant aims to produce eggs the year
round and 1t usually attains that end.
There are times during the year when
egg production falls off. but the sea-
son for low egg production is con-
temporaneous with the season when
broilers and soft roasters are in
greatest demand. The failure to get a
full run of eggs is compensated by the
ability to turn off orders for table
poultry. Rightly managed the returns
from the sale Of cockerels, both as
broilers and roasters, will pay all the
cost of raising the pullets to laying
maturity. which Is an item Of income
that is worth considering. The poul-
tryman who had good stock from
which he can sell Matching eggs and
breeding birds even at modest prices,
may so manage his business that
every month in the year will show a
profit, either in actual cash returns or
in the matter Of adding to his invest
ment.
Color OF Little Chicks.
On account ia number of letters
have received from different people
asking about the color of little chicks
when first hatched, / am giving the
following information:
A great many inexperienced people
who are breeding different breeds
from what they have been used to-,
Will buy eggs and when the chick is
Matched will be disappointed as to its
color and VIII write the breeder maxi
ing complaint. This is simply from
want of knowledge. but is almost al
ways the case with new beginners,
especially with White Rocks White
Wyandottes. Black Langshans, Black
OrplngtonS and many other varieties.
AS rule the little chicks that
hatch smoky and very often cream
color at first usually turn out to be
the whitest chickens in the bunch
"hch SToWn, especially thOSe OF q
smoky color. Usually in the black
varieties all chickens hatch with some
white under their throats and breasts
but as they shed the little down and
take on their feathers they will turn
black. The same thing applies to
nearly all black varieties.
In the Barred Plymouth Rocks. the
dark colored lines. the ones that pro-
duce the handsome well bred males
that win in the shows, almost invar-
iably hatch with dark legs, but as
they grow older their legs change col
or and become yellow, especially the
males. Often the females especially
IN the dark mating, will retain more
or less of the dark color in their legs
and show some black scots usually.
but 1t is almost impossible to get
strong colOred male birds except from
females OF this kind.
In Rhode Island Reds il Is almost
impossible to tell what color they will
be when matured by judging their
color when first hatched. Often the
lightweight colored Reds when first
matched will turn out to be the most
uniform and even colored birds when
grown and be free from smut or slate
In the undercolor. If they are bred
from the right kind Of parent stock.
A young chick usually changes its
plumage five times from the time IL
1t Matched until it is fully matured
and taken on its coat of adult feath-
ers. Therefore II is impossible to tell