Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-29
Housing, Feeding and Protecting
Young Chicks

II you are going to raise chickens
thls year then there are some very
definite points to which you should
give your attention and consid
GRAFTON. 1t will not be worth
while to set a lot of eggs with the
idea of raising a nice lot of chickens
unless you have a house in which
to protect and keep them. 1t would
De mere waste OF effort to set IA
lot OF eggs and then let the chickens
Gle. 1t would be better to sell the
eggs directly to the country store for
what they will bring and let them
De used as food, rather than go to
the trouble of setting a hen and rails
ing a bunch of chickens only to let
them die because of neglect.
Housing, of course, is an important
and essential matter in raising chick
ems. Because of our mild climate
we are likely to overlook the funda-
mental relationship it bears 70 sue
ceSSful poultry raising. Similarly
lots of people think that chickens can
gather all the food they need for
themselves. In this they are mistak-
en-. The success attained in connec-
lien with poultry husbandry in
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largely to the skill with which the
hens are fed. Feeding chickens is
q complicated scientific business.
They require just as great variety
of essential foods as the human be-
ing. We must study out their needs
and supply them. Then after we
have housed our chickens satlstac-
torily and provided for feeding them
In an up-to-date fashion we must at
ford them proper protection against
disease, otherwise all our effort and
energy will have been wasted. Chick
ems can be kept in healthy condi-
ton at relatively small outlay Of
expense and effort. 1t is just as
important that we protect their
health as to provide them with a
house or with food By taking fore
thought we can insure their lives, as
1t were.
The means by which we may &C.
coniplish the three purposes discuss
ed above have been worked out very
carefully by Prof J. H. Wood. He
is in charge of the poultry hus-
bandry division of the Georgia State
College Of Agriculture, and is an ex-
pert in his line. Listen to the sug-
SeSllOIlS lie Oll6IS dllu NC SONC1IASb
by his advice. He can help you ma
ter;ally towards making a profit out
of your hens and chickens this year.
If lamp heater is used it should
be cared for the same as incubator
lamp. 1t should be filled and the
wick trimmed every day.
In the coal burning stoves, care
must be given to shaking the fire
twice a day and filling with new
coal. If fire is not shaken regular
ly and ashes removed, the fire will
die out and the chicks will become
chilled. Will usually take from five
to eight weeks to Eean chicks OF
heat. Time required will depend
upon the season and the breed. Leg
horns need heat longer than the
American and Asiatic breeds.
The brooder house should be thor
oughly cleaned at least once a week,
preferably twice. A good spraying
after each brood will prevent many
unnecessary deaths. The practice
of leaving the chicks in the house
and moving the brooder saves NOV
ing the chicks about. The tempera-
ture under the brooder should be
gradually lowered until no heat is
needed. It will be necessary to
place boards, tar paper or wire across
corners at this time to stop chicks
from crowding in corner. The Medi-
terraneans are most likely to crowd