Show BRING UP YOUR CHICKS IN INTHE INTHE THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO GC Chicks Clucks Like Children Require Care Care- Careful Careful Careful ful Tramm Training If They Arc Are to Gro y Gro i Up Into Strong Useful Members Member of Their Community A Little Extra Attention During the Early Stages of Development Will Bc e Reu Rewarded with Extra Profits La Later Chicks ire arc a good bit Int like children in a great creat many way ay With proper training both will de elop into val tuble members of If their respective branches of society Much has al- al already already al already ready been n said in m th this series senes of ar- ar ar articles tides on the subject of q environment I halo h 0 stressed the tho need for clean comfortable quarter quarter ventilatIOn adequate range ran c sanitation and other phases of that subject Heretofore er bowe I have had no no ao opportunity to m mention one very ory lI i mattel matter mat- mat matter ter tel which is the training training traming of young g chicks in m what a mend friend of mine mme has hasL humorously called barnyard etiquette I begin training my chicks the Jn nt I transfer them I to the brood brood- brooder brooder er room As soon as possible I be- be begirt be begin girt gin scattering n their Emm gitin gt m ration rabon m in inthe inthe the litter so 0 they will hive hAve to scratch for it thus giving hea heal healthful h ul exercise ex I also watch atch atch them care carefully ly and guide them into the the hea heated d area of the hover whenever they n r need iced ed such Whenever TL r I find i A J hicks Ku Ls huddled tao tao-i 1101 r together I place them Under the hov- hov hover hover hov hover er It may be nee ry to do this quite often during the first week eel Crowding is moth danger that can be greatly lessen eq by early earl earl t taming aming am mg ing I prevent hudd ng In corners by placing chick wac or board diagonally dia- dia diagOnAlly dia diagonally across them j They must be watched carefully h ever t ever for If if they cannot ere crowd d d In into o 0 the corners they will often pile t together i 11 i foott football foot- foot football 11 ball scrimmage style stylo r right git in m the inid- inid t k die of the floor Wa n your chicks b at all times limes but es lall all at even even- evening evening ing mg and gently force them apart if th show any t tendency y to toward ard crowd crowding d 1 ing mg There will 11 ah al always ys be need for atch in m this respect until they are arc actually ro sting Crowding is only ne of many bad habits chicks will nIl de develop elop if l not at wa wat watched ched carefully or if pot ot of given proper All these feed exercIse and pace if ac- ac action action ac action habits may be overe me proper tion is taken the mo moment they shoup show shot up One quite sellOUS habit Toe Pick Pick- Picking mg ing or Cannibalism usually from lack lach of animal protein in m th Iced Seed or sufficient exercising roo roon n If th y have ha plenty of roo room to scratch r and exercise thc there Jle e i legs danger If too closel closely con conned con mc i t t e will seek other forms cf of activity pub of which is picking at nt one another's toes S Sometimes a chicks chick's toe toe- toes will willice of blood at- at at ice De e injured and the sight tracks tr others Once they thc taste Caste blood the picking may become general generl death to causing serious nou injury even considerable consid numbers r Whenever er this h habit bit bit i 1 13 notIced to l enlarge a the quarters or ordin s sel se els 3 3 din dl ld ida t- t the tc c chicks into sma e- e groups so the thc ha have haie e more room It is alao od o-od od ad Ide idea to add more meat scraps to their mash or milk to drink You Youa Youw a 11 ii also probably find that there are arc arcone arcone one or two ringleaders most of the he trouble and t the oth- oth other era oth-era er cr bad habits If so 90 tike take th them out th out untIl of the pen en and keep am the injured toes have hate e her he Paint the injuries with tar which has a d disagreeable taste and Picking Feather Farther ro eating ng or pi l is in an other habit that often leads to chicks literally pulling all the feat feat- ers ers era from each cash h hother other and eating them or to eating one another up starting usually at the tail 1111 It is la due to much the same clus causes s as Toe Picking ani should hould be bo over come in the he same way Remove the injured chu chicks and apply tar t as for Toe T Do Donot Donot D not put them the back baJck until they are healed One very vcr n phase of n 1 tacks tack's early training IS is is teaching te lh ho-ai ho m to tiL roost t This TIus can u be qu quite te u easily v done if started si-arted s arted b before fore the chicks are too old o d By patting them themon themon themon i on the roost a taie or two at night tb they wP take tahe to the roosts m nicely nuey BalM temporary roosts I 12 to 18 I mch inches s from froan the tho floor with an i s all alL the first roost roast to the I ea j run rum runa a way LU n ow roosts roosts roos being on the same sune level t le ie I me 9 as for other roosts Bu Build d It so 0 that tho the ch cli cannot crop arop be- be beta be tv ta em t the e roz ro root t an ant t i the tha th r r ls l's arl ar cov cover r the n u tr sale s le cf of it with 1 1 netting This TIus prevents the ch i 15 dropping from the roosts to the Poor and also keeps ps them out of the dr drop drop- droppings p- p pm pings s The Thc chicks will in all probability probability ability take to these roosts naturally and n quickly without crowding but the they should be watched wa ched a few to prevent pre crowding These roosts should be roM iron 2 to 3 inches wh rh will wiil lle hap p prevent crooked bones in m both chicks and Copyright 1929 I by Dr L D LeGear V S L I |