Show I 1 POULTRY mm department MEin DEP i k F A 1 GETTING RESULTS FROM POULTRY march and april ai are e the finest months tor for hatching especially it if the later management Is good in ing ol of the frames and heath of 0 chicks but often comes UK the cry that so many were hatched successfully when a few weeks later they died from some cause or other the cause really being within the control of 0 the chicken raiser who failed to see it A small per cent of loss in a bringing to maturity is to be expected but when the loss exceeds G Z or 10 per cent it shows wrong management in fact it should not exceed 5 per cent A man who had bad no experience in raising chicks hatched some of them and then turned them on the cold ground letting them on the lawn in less than three the chicks abre were all dead dying intervals all apparently efrom from same cause but this man could see or even describe the cause symptoms though when lie was asked how long each day he allowed the chicks on the lawn he replied from day light until dark this showed the cause and practically the trouble tor for he had failed to realize that young chicks require warmth first last and all the time without this they will surely die from getting chilled resulting in white alte diarrhoea there are a great many cases similar to the one jast mentioned just through ignorance or carelessness the requisites to tring bring results after iter hatching are easily remembered by any man or woman who takes a real interest in chicken raising first warmth and second not allowing them outside if it appears the least chilly by acting on a system they should be h pushed in the brooder quite often each day tor for the first and second week next comes cleanliness keep your coo coops ps and brooders broaders bro oders free from the small parasites other requisites qui sites being to place the little chicks ou on new ground that is not stale do not use filthy soil over which other generations ot of chicks nave a arn be sure sur and get them plenty of clean water nater each day the right food grit and plenty of green stuff A lack of green stuff or wrong proportions or lack of right materials to form flesh fat muscle and bone in young chicks will cause stunted pullets or greatly delay their lacy laying ing and in either of these troubles you are the only one to manage and the only one to beable to get gel results so let us start this spring first by securing the best breeds we can get and second by interesting ourselves in their growth and we will be surprised at the results we obtain W P F C next week the poultry talk will be on the benefit of raising your chickens early for marketing lay stock |