| Show INJURIOUS HABITS OF HENS putting pulling and eating of each other raf friy cuaty by al lawing them free range sometimes a flock of hons hens acquire tho mo habit of pulling and eating each others feathers in some come cases they are so BO badt bad that bat the flesh of 0 the tha fowls become torn tom and soro sore and the whole flock Is nearly naked when they first show tho the signs elena pi of this vice tice measures should prim atty be taken to cure cura them the trouble la Is caused by too closely confining the fowls and allowing them to be idle where possible they should be turned on the range rang e wh abera ere the fascination of chasing bugs and eating the green stuff attic will make them target forget the bad habit when they cannot bo be turned out they should be mado made to scratch ratch foi I 1 their grain in deep litter bundles of wheat or oate or sunflower heads may be hung up just high enough that they will have to work to got get the seeds giro them some turnips or manglo mangle beets or cabbage heads to work at anything to keep them in ill exercise and busy feed them plenty of green food meat meal beef and green cut bone rub carbolated vasel vaseline lne on tha tb plucked fowls where the feat feathera heri have bare been pulled out |
