Show CHICKS BY SEX IS BEING introduced japanese method winning favor in in U S by 1 I br hurd hord of the new york state college of tco chick buyers in a year or two may order their one day old chicks by sex when they purchase from commercial A method of determining sex in chicks developed to a science in japan Is being widely introduced into the united states federal department of agriculture experts are now teaching members of poultry departments of state universities and colleges the methods employed in japan members of the poultry department at cornell have already had such instruction st and have tried it out in a practical way with much more success on new york farms male chicks may be separated from the females with 80 to 80 90 per cent accuracy by those trained in the japanese method in the future farmers may buy only halt the usual number of chicks to raise pullets for their laying flocks by purchasing only the females this will help to reduce feed and equipment costs the me males may be sold to those who specialize in production duct lon for the broiler market the technique of determining sex in chicks may be learned in two days to a week but a thousand chicks at least should be studied to obtain skill and speed chick piling means big loss to the the piling of chicks frequently causes heavy losses this habit Is common with chicks ranging in age from two to four months but Is most disastrous with chicks just at the time heat Is discontinued says the missouri former farmer to avoid these losses often taxes the ingenuity of the poultry inan the danger ceases as soon as the chicks take to the roosts boosts to encourage early ro roosts boosts should be installed at least by the time the chicks are six weeks old these should be placed in the rear of the house only a few inches above the floor the losses from piling are due to the chicks on the bottom of the pile smothering or sweating which saps their vitality some poultry men avoid piling by installing wire frames for instance a frame two feet wide running the entire length of the north side of the house frequently solves the problem this frame covered with wire netting Is sloped up so that the back edge Is about ten inches above the floor As the chicks crowd toward the corners they are elevated ott off the floor this discourages piling and if alie the frames are provided with a couple of 1 inch strips they will serve as roosts boosts ration for growing flock A practical ration for the growing flock ot of youngsters must be of a kind to supply materials for growths bone structure and tor for reproduction such a ration contains plenty of digestible fits fats and carbohydrates bo proteins of the right quality enough minerals some ballast or indigestible material and a supply of the highly impo important vitamins some of the necessary elements in such a ration are yellow corn wheat raw bone calcium phosphate grit calcium carbonate milk and salt only a small quantity biscon wiscon sin agriculturist separating chicks when cockerels cockerell cocker els should be separated from pullets in the flock ol of baby chicks depends upon the facilities available but as a general rule the birds should be separated as soon as the sex Is determined the new quarters however should be ba well heated and the cockerels cockerell cocker els fully feathered before they are moved cockerels Cocker els make a much more rapid growth than pullets and as a result if the birds are not separated the hopper and floor space will be crowded and make the chicks more susceptible to disease and cannibalism poultry hints in the aggregate eggs are laid every second by the hens in the united states 0 0 0 A goose in downpatrick Down patrich patrIck ireland recently laid an egg weighing one on pound carrots fed whole chopped or shredded are said to rapidly improve color ot of yolks giving them a richer color since one dozen doe eggs contain about one plot pint of water clean fresh pure pura water should be kept constantly before the hens best time to vaccinate pullets R against fowl pox Is at the age of eight to ten weeks vaccination Is recommended only when pox la Is known to be prevalent in the community or when it has been discovered la in the tha flock last year |