Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-02
GET READY FOR WINTER EGGS

GET READY FOR WINTER EGGS
Some people came to see me yes
terday to find out why their hens
did not lay. The man said he had
TED them enough corn to have fat
tened :wo hogs, and they had all the
Duttermilk they could consume. L
said l could not tell why they did
not lay, if they came from laying
strain. unless [ knew more about
them, but | would show them all OF
mine and where | kept them, also
show them what the hens are eating
bright now
The first thing that the lady no.
ticed was that the entire flock had
clean legs, not any scale, next they
had rosy combs, next that they had
all the shade they wanted without
going under the house to get it.
admitted that they went under
THE house some time every day; it's
a job for me to keep lime under there
and once year l get busy and
keep them out. But such weather
las we have had for three weeks sends
them under there. That's my back
yard flock; those in the yard sur
rounding the special pens have all
sorts of devices to make shade, and
busting places for the flock. Look
yours over and if they have scales
on their legs, are suffering from
scaly leg, get some black oil, the
sort that is used to kill mango on
1.-THE hogs, and take an old toothbrush
+ and scrub the scales with it, One
! application usually is enough. Then
paint the roosts with the black oil
diluted with coal oil, or paint them
with stock dip that has pint of coal
oil quart of dip and a gallon of
Pr. / prefer the latter as the oil
.sfi Irs the feathers and sometimes
sspCYls a nst so much that the eggs
will not hatch. There are many
&hings that our government bulletins
advise that do not suit the southern
poultry keepers.
l have been experimenting this
year with two flocks, and want to
advise you to go slow about culling,
unless you have actually paid atten-
.tion to the flock. Ask yourself this
question, after you are sure that the
Flock is and has been clean of YER
[min: Have l kept up the egg ra-
tion all the time? Did they begin
to quit laying before L quit feeding
them the balanced ratioh?' You re-
member the people who came to see
Ene said they fed on corn and all the
|buttermilk that their flock wanted.
both splendid in the right places, but
&if a sack of wheat bran had been
Substituted for half of the corn the
man bought | feel sure that he would
have sold eggs There WAS nothing
Inn n,
'dreds of dozens Of yolks that are
Formed in fat hens all over the coun-
try that lie in the sack until the
Enext one pushes it away and then is
absorbed in the hens digestive or
<gans because there is nothing to
make the white of the egg.
Six weeks is about the time that
q hen needs, absolutely, for moult-
ing. Then she can be gradually
started back to normal. That gives
'you August and half of September,
and by the time the flock is ready
@ furnish egges they will be at
good price.
/ don't ask any one to change a
method that is a success. In other
words, if your flock begins to lay in
October and lays all winter you have
them on the right range and feed,
but if you have not had any fall
eggs in the last year or two, suppose
you feed them lightly for two weeks,
on half ration and then begin to
give them a good laying mash and
bit least one good feed of green stuff
day and some grain. Have sour
milk and all the water they will
drink, and if you have never had