Show A POULTRY POULI I 1 lly 1 ta k L it n w FOR BEGINNER IN POULTRY two dozen hens A ra plenty to start with for one with no Exper experience itrice american breed best F for or one who has had no expert enco ence wi with t h poultry two dozen hens are plenty to begin with it la is better to begin with one 0 of f the american america or r asiatic breeds the mediterranean breeds are weak when small because of feathering so fast free range Is best beat writes william zimmerman of selma okla in the farmers mall biall and breeze it they must be put in pens 12 liens hens and a cock to each pen la Is about right for good strong os milli interior of poultry house home chicks the cock bird should be not less lees than ote one nor more than tb an three years old and the hens hena two years old I 1 have kept hens hena la in pens 16 by ag feet 12 to a pen and had bad good results A house bouse 14 by 16 10 feet and ft G feet high at the eaves Is large enough for three dozen hens I 1 am keeping about in one of that size my aly house Is built lacing facing the south and all the south sido side is made of lath one inch apart the east west and north sides bides are boxed tight but there is a door across 0 sa tho the north end for a cleaning oft off the eliding aiding drop board I 1 use no cu curtain r in front of the roosts boosts and I 1 have no fr frozen 0 zen combs or sick poultry A As a feed to make hens lay there Is nothing better than wheat and in equal parts if the hens bens are kept in pens teed feed all they will eat throw th the grain in straw or hay bay dont dose your hope bens to make them lay and if anle gets sick separate it from the flock |