Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-06
[ PROVE BETTER TO
HEAD Off BR00D|NEss
lods aud Importance OF Dis
iragfng It--iien Loses Two
ontlus' Laying Rearing Brood.
CENTURY PoULTRYING
ii Cruel or Extreme Measures,
pee Better Results Are Obtained
Simple, Harmless Mcans-I'acts
|orth Chickcn-Raiscrs' Notice.
by CIIAs. l.. OpI,i;RMAN.

N''' NHNNHSlsc CcfIllHcI CID
cries arc taking the place Of "old
The progrcssive farmer and
Try keeper are finding il more
able 10 purchase baby chicks or
their eggs hatchcd at thcsc es-
Ihmcnts at 50 much per hundred.
doing away with tho trouble and
venience of fusslng with lot
ting hens
y keeper more time for other
but II also makes il possible to
Fhc hens at work producing eggs.
d of wasting several weeks OF
valuable time IN hatchin. and
brood or chickg. Our pres
ky efficiency calls for breaking up
roody hens AZ quickly as possible
citing them back TO laying.
RELY TOO MUCH TINE
LOST N BROODISESS
important this ia from an eco
standpoint car be readily APP
ted when we stop 20 consider
he average hen wastes at least
onths in Matching and caring for
ticks. II She is taken in hand
n az shc shows signs or broodi-
md treated with view of break
Wac Nth'tiNS, hti VI
Q increased al least two dozen
Figuring on the basis OF 80
a dozen for eggs. tho possible
from ten broody hens properly
as soon as they manifest
cy to sit, will be sufficient to
tse nifty baby chicks. Further
ent should not be necessary to
CO tho progressive poultry keep
It pays. and pays we'll to break
"broodles"
DY HENS ARE THE
HEAVY PRODUCERS
.ry Interesting relation between
Der OF times hen goes broody
= .r egg production has been es-
ed by our cEE-layinG contests.
eraEc OF Ave contests conducted
Missouri State Experiment Sta
howed that 5.3ol hens went
on an average OF TWO times for
IN. All varieties where the hens
ed going broody four o.: more
veraged 1872 eggs per hen. The
Hs showing no broodincss aver
lay l25 eggs each. All var!c-
ting broody from enc TO four
produced the highest averages
3. THIS practical data. which
d OH the performance % several
I'd hens. is a strong recommen-
for the assertion that IL pays
K up the brCody hen.
ustrate the absurd methods that
people practice 10 break up
css I'm hens ! VIII cJtc an Incl
rat cam 10 my attention last
Mrs. =. who keeps small
hens. read or heard somewhere
duckinE The hen In Il tub OF
Ind holding her ih"re for few
IS. the desire TO SIT would 1usck.
|'h. She Immediately proceeded
the plan into action. with the
hat the two hens treated Will
II again They are dead. II
hat she got mixed up on her
tn'i held tho hens under tho
li:tle too long As practice.
y this plan VIII give positive
but 1t is rather expensive.
no need 10 resort to cruel or
measures In curing the hroodv
ace We have simple. practical
which have Ions since proved
Niue.
q. DISCOURAGE
GOODNESS IN MOTHER HEN
Ing tho hens 10 Il Slated crate
ably the simplest and mos,
method Of eliminating the
tendency. For tho commercial
several hundred LAYERS the
Is 10 have one Of these Slated
r every pom. \ good location
end Of tn" dropping platform.
cal size for commercial plants
&c layers are kept in nocks OF
crate four by six Feet and six
hes high. The floor and sides
rate should be made OF sla.s
ne and a half inches wide.
NO inches apart. The top can
OF plain Inch lumber. The
n be hung from the ceiling
ed To rest on cross pieces sup
y the dropping platform.
&c farm flock similar crate
nc bottom can be employed.
can be kept in the henhouse
weather permits It's removal
hors. 1t should then be trans.
the orchard Or some good
Ut and moved as often as the
indcr it becomes foul.
backyard flock coop two
are and sixteen inches high
yer all purposes. This size is
ouGh to accommodate about
rage size hens. If space is
the crate should be kept
oors as soon as the weather
JECT OF
SKATING THE CooP
Fsential point in breaking a
en- is 20 keep her from a sit
ton, and the Stated crate ac-
rs this trick with little or no
From three TO four DAYS is
sufficient TO break ND the
the average hen, while the
rsistent sitters will usually
IN six or seven days.
he hens are in the coon they
-ceive the best of attention.
err. feed and grit should be
hem at all times. For this
small galvanized iron cups.
re used in tho poultry shows.
und very satisfactory, as they
lsily fastened 20 the outside
tic. By feeding the hens lib
lie they are confined TO the |
'op they do not lose flesh. but
good condition and are ready
laying in n few days after [!
released.
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