Milford chronicle., 1916-05-12
'HATCHING CHICKS EVERY
MONTH OF The YEAR
By J. H. MeFAUL, Jr.
(AH Rights ReSerVeh

The poultry business is a most pecu
liar one, and while it is adapted to al
climates, yet some seasons of the yea
in most of the different parts of the
country are particularly favorable to the
Matching and raising of young chicks
This is naturally the spring season. anC
for this reason most breeders aim tC
get off their matches during the earlier
months of the year in order to insure
fall and winter layers.
| This is absolutely the correct method
when it comes to building up your flock
and also for the production of eggs at a
/ time when they are at a premium, but
there is another side of the poultry busi-
ness which should not be overlooked.
This is the raising of broilers and which
nets a handsome income to the man who
can produce them. Broilers are always
more or less in demand and can always
be disposed of at a good price.
While it is generally conceded that
the months of February, March and
April, and even May, are the best
months in which to get out the matches,
in order that the pullets may be fully
and perfectly developed and matured so
that they will begin laying in the fall,
yet chickens may be hatched in every
month of the year with success. Par
ticularly is this true of the South.
That this method Of poultry raising is
a success is evidenced by the fact that
any number of poultrymen in the South
land have been practicing it for many
years, and if it we're not productive of
good results, it would have been aban-
doned long ago.
Of course, it is unnecessary for me to
say that the weather conditions peculiar
to this section have quite a lot to do
with the success of a venture of that
kind. Poultrymen living in the South
are less liable to be bothered with cool
nights, which are so apt to chill the
chicks and cause a heavy mortality,
than are their brothers in the North
Yet the practice may even be carried on
in the Nsrth, but naturally entailing
greater expense, as special provisions .
must be made in order to care for chicks Z
Matched regularly throughout the year |
where the climate is cooler.
Man is but human, and to be so means |
that he grabs at every dollar it is pos
sble for him to get his hands on. For
this he cannot be blamed but for the
love of Mike" don't resort to dishonest
in order to get hold of a piece
If Uncle Sans currency. Be decent
about the thing.
Well, to come back to the point, in
lis eagerness to make money the aver
Ige pOultryman will sell eggs and baby
hicks during the earlier part of the
'ear and never give his future stock or
lis fall and winter layer proposition q
Jingle thought until he finds that he has
epleted his stock by sales. This, then,
makes it necessary for him to hatch
more chicks, and naturally his birds are
atched so late that they are of little
se as winter layers. Thus pOultrymen
re almost compelled to keep right on
atching throughout the year, but in |
ding so. they are enabled to sell broil-
rs and thus reap a harvest from this {
nd Of the game. ia
If you reside in a locality where it is I
osslble to raise chicks all the year / t
'Ould advise you to do so, but do not c
lake the mistake of selling off your
atched pullets. Keep them, and by so
Ding, you will be able to supply fall
nd winter eggs in addition to keeping
our broilers on the market continually
So many conflicting views are held
nd talked about in connection with the :
inning of incubatOrs that the more one
udies and the more he experiments <
ith them the less he knows. But there
e nevertheless some positive points
)Out running the machines in hot
Gather that must be followed if you
Ould have success. Q
Various types Of incubators are built a
distinctively different lines and there n
re no two can be operated exactly NJ
Ike. Directions are furnished with Vi
ch and every machine and all of these
eat on the care and method necessary
nen operated in hot weather. Follow
ese directions carefully, for the man y
no has written them has made study u
the machine and knows the require m
ents far better than you can hope to. y
There is, however, another trouble in u
tching eggs during the hot weather. IL
d that is to be able to get good,
tchable eggs. No hen or incubator is
le to produce good, strong, healthy bi
icks from bad eggs and for that rea- CT
n the fertility Of the eggs used must
considered.
Hens that have been laying a long
AS WANAOAN AGsN dAG uOl lAhGly " lay
gs strong in fertility. To offset this.
your broody hens in the earlier d.
'nths Of the year, thus giving them a fir
IT while engaged in incubation and
, few weeks that they run with the ST
cks, and if this be done they will he
ain furnish good fertile eggs when pl
~ begin laying. These eggs may
IN he used for Matching with some tn
gree of certainty that they will pro- DE-
se good, healthy chicks.
live such hens good shady yards with thi
nty Of proper food, including an
lndance of green food, and their eggs we
'uld produce strong. vigorous chicks De
summer growing. In using the eggs
such hens for incubation great care Hi
st be exercised not to keep them too
g before using. Remember that sum- on
r-laid eggs will not keep as long as
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