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Show GOOD CARE IN HOT WEATHER Constant Attention Must Be Given That Hens and Young Chickens Have Plenty Fresh Water. During the spring and summer months constant care must be taken to see that the hens and young chickens chick-ens have plenty of water and shade, says a writer in the Iowa Homestead. The hens cannot manufacture eggs without a liberal supply of water, as a large per cent, of eggs is composed of water. The growing flock, too. will not develop properly if half famished from thirst. This may mean no winter win-ter eggs from the pullets. If one would take the best care of the flock he should give it fresh water in the morning and just after noon. The water that stands in a fountain very long becomes stale and unhealthy. un-healthy. Water should always be pure and the vessels clean. It is wise to keep the water vessels in the shade of the house or trees all the day. This leads to the important-question of shade. No fowls will do well in warm weather without sufficient shade. I have made It a special point to notice my hens in the summer, and I have discovered that along toward the middle of the day they will seek shelter from the sun's hot rays. They will either retire to the shade of a tree or the shelter of the poultry house. They prefer to get away from the house if they can find suitable shade elsewhere. If no trees are growing in the yard and there are no bushes or shrubbery of any kind where the flock may find shade it will be well to construct an artificial shade by setting posts Into the ground, one at each corner of a parallelogram par-allelogram plot. Nail crosspieces to these and place boards on them. Here the hens may find retreat from the hot sun. |