Show to stop feather pulling feather putting pulling among hens heas Is not a habit nor cor Is it caused by too close quarters neither Is it caused by be ing hungry unless one could call it being hungry tor for salt salt seems to be what they want when they pull out feathers and pick dick each other freshly pulled feathers have hare a slight saltiness but the blood has more to stop the feather pulling and picking sas as a correspondent in the rural new yorker biang a piece of fat pork low enough for the hens to reach it two or three pounds for a flock of 30 to 40 hens and keep water by them all the time As longas they have water they can eat all they want and it will not hurt cm m |