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Show I Poultry Facts i Lameness is one of the first symp toms of tuberculosis in poultry. Plan on sullicient brooding space and equipment, all you have room for Figure how many chicks yon can brood and then write several hatch cries and decide where you want to order, and then order early. There are six steps In raising healthy chicks from hatching to ma turity. They are clean chicks, cloud houses, clean litter, clean feed, clean management and clean ground or close confinement v. It Is necessary to have the brooder large enough and It is better to have It too large than to take chances on overcrowding. Milk has been found to be the best single source of animal protein for laying heis, It being easily digest!"' and rich In protein and minerals. If you are sending away for bahj chicks have the brooder all ready for them, warm and comfortable, and i clean. They get chilled if they have to wail while you "make up the bed ' Duck eggs are successfull.v hatched In incubators, but geese eggs are not Geese will lay about three dozen ecri-per ecri-per year. The highest egg production has heen 1 secured by using milk with some form of meat, such as fresh meat, tankage, or meat scraps. Some farmers feel that the birds will gather sufficient Insects while on 1 he range to make up for the lack of protein In the ration, but tests do not bear out this belief. |