.Jugus l, 1920
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Poultry Notes.
By W. Powell-Owen, F.B.S.A.
ll F poultr} -kt:t pc I' !;hould now lx ow·rhaulin , th
mlult, '>loci<. to d('( idt• which arc to IJ 1• l.d~•llt-~
" 'UI h .tiC tu be tll5pvscd 0f.
J'ulkh for Wh~to H~t:\.- ) t is W(>ll tu n·m,. 1
tl· t full \\int~ r egg h.;-.kt•11j .1111.1 pullt•t.., go h· 1 ni
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B} this 1 uw~n that '-OU lrl~>'
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)h of Winter egg:> hv the IIUillbcr of p 11
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s ll)l)k. when Ot tober c lll;w, round '>Ut.:h J ullcts tnf
w~.- C to be of (orn·ct h.stchin-r • vi.~: :\1-
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. broods like the \\"-. .muott~ and
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V •·ver) hf'n
of the prevJ~Ul> ~<:a~on ~he,. ~ullt r Will_ be. }Our t:~g-
r_nonths, I.e., from
l!a-.k( ts e· rPli,,ble in cvr·ry Wa), and
take dc·iivcry of the bi~ \'('r~ tmport.mt that ~~u -.lwuld
vork to a sclwdult· :1nd m,· long experH•n( e h.t--
:::llln-ht m<> that all p'utlo•t ...... hould lx· ·in th,.ir pcrma-
11 , 11 winter quartr·r-. l>\' nud-Scptem&r. The idenl
I 1 · to phce t!H m ( 111d •• 11 h rd:.) in tll' r \\ snter
r ·" in~-housc·-,
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· about the fir-,t week · m September,
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la•
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th; -..anw timt' in~tallin~ th(• nc-.t-boxb
and fcedinK up tlw bird ... for 1.'~~-pro
dunion.
Th('y thu-. hm r· ,,., N?l
\\l•t>)<-. in \\ hich to '><'ttk ,!o\\ n to th(·lr
quarter-.. and to -.l;lrt ··~~·J)I'Odt!\'tion
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in O ctolx·r.
I£ a df'l ,t)~d
,,Jwdul<' j.., p<'rmitt• d c·MI\' c~g--. wrll
not he -.o c<:rtain, Olll ' n·:hOII "h~ I
.nh i'l' a t:ort('Cl -.tart and .11n .tg-mn-.t
l:ttl' df'liwn· of puiiPt-..
\\'hl't' tlw
law•r an• pl~u.·<'d in ,1 Ill''' hou-.c· and
run th(·y 111'<:<.1. ,c,c•ral \\(Yk' to -.c·ttl<
tlo\~ n.
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lutumtl .U aulf.-Otw mu-.t al ... o
pulh·t.. C\< n chanu'.
•t hrrc will \~
'-log.tn to follow b . - " Pullt-l::.
orGC'gf and hf·n-. for ( h•cks. ''
11 m_g thl ldults -Ont•\ plan-,. will l.tnt.:P:. of the individual. 'J hf"rc mu-..t
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·~rcomm01 iilJOn or eac d~h" of ~tork,
anr 1 I hou-.mg i-. -.hort it b b) far the wi-.e-.t plan
to ~radc h~a-.·ih • .m d k ~>ep on I ) · th " t :x: . . t. 'J I 1e t" trst
)Ntr of la} r u 1 11
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1 ou btcdl ) . t 1 1(> mo:s t pro t" •tau
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' 11 thPJr sf'rond ... t•a nth ... l"·st of th e pu 11 • t ,..., h ou<."'
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1 )f( d !r(Jffi. At thl { nd of lhl· '><'<:ond -..Pa-.on of la\ Ill"
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IJne ~ ou nut k(l(·p on the hrn<> for egg-proclur.t ion
and •tll should 1. d'
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• O"N: f> s • .lvmg any m 1\1 ua
that may be h:rmed a "-..upc•r " :md will be im·,,lunble
for brC'eding. ~urh a .. !;uper" may have bcPn a
wond,.rful la~··r, or m a) han· bred e..xcell.•nt pro-
1.{ 1 '0} that te:.tf'd out well.
All h~ns. then, now at
the < lo-.e of th,.ir <.l'cond ... <'a ... on of la.,; hould oo
tak1•n fir-,t and their dcstin.ttion -..Pttle'd promptly.
\-. th .. ~ stop lii) ing th··~ .... hf)uld be marketed, and
I am ahva~-. \'£'ry anxioth not to :sell an~ hen-. that
ar(· full of 1 ~g ...
T.tHf rr )p of Et;t;'S.-\\'hf're all the bird-, have
rr•a-,f'(i proJu~t•on thf>n di-.p<>-.e of th»m Pre thf"y
he g-in to d .vour thf~ profits. Bu• ke<>p on a httle
long< r any that are pro that. one c;m
c.:oiiC< t a h~nl_nup of (·g-g-,:; .• I h • t1m•• to d1"poc;(\ of
Ntc h hl'n h JU--t a-. -..he fim-.h~ her 1:!-.t bntch of
~'gg--. .wd ere 'he -.tnrh to moult. The own£'r can
tt·ll \\he_thfor a. bird j.., in lay or not by exrunini~~
tlw P' !ne bonf'-. rt'ld b~ ~~'ner.tl appearance-... I or
(C' lHlt · nllt~ d 011 p t t:; ~~ • )
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