Rich County Reaper | 1934-04-27 | Page 3 | To Stop Feather Pulling

to stop feather pulling feather pulling among hens Is not a habit nor is it caused by too close quarters neither Is it caused by being hungry unless one could call it being hungry for salt salt seems to be what they want when they pull out fei feathers and pick each other freshly pulled feathers have a slight saltiness but the blood has more to stop the feather pulling and picking says a correspondent in the rural new yorker I 1 imn ang a piece of fat pork low enough for the hens to reach it two or three pounds for a flock of 80 to 40 he hens ns and keep water by them all the time As long as they have water they can eat all they want and it will not hurt them