French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01
SPRING POULTRY Q
Pullets for Egg Laying Next Fall and
Winter Should be Hatched Early.
How to Use an Incubator.

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Winter Should be Hatched Early.
How to Use an Incubator.
The poultry raiser on farm or in city
who wishes to produce fall and winter
eggs with a by-product of spring FRY
ers" should begin now to plan for the
early setting of eggs, say poultry
specialists of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. In the States of
the extreme South settings should be
made from the first to the middle of
February; in the central group of
States, from the early part to the last
of February; and in the northern ttir
of States, from the latter part of Feb
ruary to the early part of April. With
settings timed on this schedule the
chicks will hatch in ample time to al
low their maturity before cold weather.
The puHets from these broods should
lay during the late fall or early winter
when eggs are s~carcest.
The setting schedule outlined also
will permit the development of early
spring ''fryers." The young chicks
will be developed to the point where
they may be. turned out on the ground
by the time vegetation is out, n so
may augment their feed with green
stuff. The smaller breeds of chickens
{ ca nbe Matched later than those which
are larger and slower to develop.
i Incubation.
} One difficulty in setting eggs in
, spring at selected dates if the natural
/ system of incubation is followed is IN
/ finding broody hens at the proper
times. IL natural incubation is de-
= pended upon exclusively it probably
o. will be best for the poultry raiser to
F.; disregard dates and make setting
0 whenever broody hens are available
A good nets for setting is made O
p wood, Ia inches square and about IL
] inches high, with a top. The front is
: open except for a board 6 inches high
# Three or four inches of damp eartf
!: should be placed in such a nest and OF
v this straw, hay, or chaf should be firm
o ly packed. The hens should be dustet
I thoroughly with insect powder. 1t is
good plan, also to sprinkle a. little o
the powder in the nests.
n Using an Incubator.
The suggested schedule can be fol
lowed exactly if an incubator is usec
t. The machine should be operated In
le warm room, preferably a cellar, as
protection against outside tempera
a. ture changes. 1t should be disinfecte
r. IuOIOuSulJ UC1O4O OCAAS OOS0B WANA
G solution of reliable soal-tar disinfect
IA ant. Instead of using such a solutio
a small receptacle containing one-ha
IL ounce of permanganate of potash o
which one-half ounce of formalin ma
bo been poured may be shut up in h II
h. cubator. The resulting gas will tho
oughly disinfect the. machine. Aft
- disinfection the incubator. should I
RIM amntv for several daYs to get
&c into a good operating condition. Aft
in the eggs are in place the temperate
n should be held at from 101 IL deg
102 deg. F. the first week, 1O2 deg.
103 deg. the second, and at lob deg. Il
ng third week.
IF The eggs usually are turned for t
nv first time at the end of the second d
,is and twice daily through the eighteen
tor nineteenth day. h eggs are coz
ed outside the Matching. chamber on
are daily after the seventh and up to t
70 nineteenth day. Moisture should
furnished in artificial incubation in t
South. in high attitudes, n when I
Incubator room is dry. This may
done by sprinkIing the eggs with wal
- water or by placing a wet sponge
,si. pan of water under the egg tray.
During the Matching period caretu
20 fill the lmap and trim the wick ca
day. It is best to trim the wick
lot scrapfng off the Burn portion ratf
rod than by cutting the wick. The la
should not be filled entirely. Al
- the lamp is filed it should be clos
a. observd for a time to make sure Il
the flame ices not get too high.-U.
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