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Poultry Notes.
By W. Poweli·Owen, F.B.S.A.
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')uppo:.l ng J t..lught <;lJdl '' b trd nnd
do not rel•:1-..c the n. in' in 31~ '' .:l) •
e,,,.rtd thtt the ct op " ·''full of food and d i'tC'nt.J ~
The Grol~ing Pullets.-Farkue b \('f) often due• 1 ,) 11 )uld Jtlllllt di.1 te I) H l,pPC'l . l OlllJMLtton of ;h,'
to Ll O\\ nt'r thlllkins th .. t h<-grown pullet' • _ 1 rl'l) • nd ~ .•hie to tna l the b1td ·ll ontf'
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.sblc .md big cnou .... h to look .. fter th('Jlbt.:hc.,.. Rt
(ll '"' o f thr· ar t o f cun ng growtn!? !>l<1lk will df'.
rn• rnbcr thnt th..:.,~ bird.,. are ::.lilt in the bab) tll
p< ml upon p rompt ,,olat to~, p~o~11J.H dwgno~t!:> of \\'h ·,t
,.!In\\ ing- -..t:r~r.. nml nt>td ~ound and .car~'ful ." nur ... -
.md the ma ml.atntnf? of th{' invalid.\
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n r " tJII th~ tir-..1 t•"g ,uriH .,, and \\'Hh Jl {ll,ltUrtt: •
.IJ'I)I tit •• . \1" a)::. k crp a stc-k btrd feN.iing , 0 th•tt
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,,n d w ~< dt' ... n1 t lom pl• t•· l~ lose tone.
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tt mp~ ( hf .tp cllld n.t-.1~ ft·t'dlng wdl nun all tht'
Chickens nn~ Chills.-Tn . man} ra-..(•-. J>OtJitr .
sOOd \\ rk th.et ha:. ~OIIe be fort>. . jf) ~ XJ>f'' t:l ' 1
kr .1 .... , , tt-." ord1n.Jn .1dult laymg hou-.('.:; <~'> guart(')
..11 d , '\ptrinwnt ... -\\,th both th<" m~•< e .tnd t ur... dt
(01 rlwir g~ , \\hich pro\td£';. U'\ ,,i;~
o th fo\\ 1-tdl m•• that ailm nh ,,nd de% ... "
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dt,.td\ .tntagt'..... In the ftr . . t plaC'c
puuhr) urt du , 111 O\ ·r ~o P' 1 l t:'~t. vf. ta"t '• hJ
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ltlt> t•• put rh dig-• ... tt\l org.1n .. out \f. t:£.lr,
1 h,,.. th<'.' do n•ad tly 3 '-, of cour:-.e, the ne ... t r
nd 1\ nut ,,f '' armng- .. hould be taken \t 1)
-.cltion-. n '' t app.·al to them as \t· r) "romh .~
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Oa t a nd .\laize.-\\ all kno\\ th.ll b.'lb, • O\: roo-.tin,.
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H~h in •»l(l. :\o, I am not goin;; to U'
''ill 'ce 't\E'r:t l d· .1d bodie,.. r<'mowd in the morri~
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. r l h p \\ Jth thc: lartic adult . ., r. rh much )o\Hr ing- due to tlw biroxe') eau ... . .., th(• pullr·t-. to
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thrn j, ('Hr th£> ten< '"- to .. t.lrt )Oun~
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1 J.:, .. mon;: ~(•Unl-. r{r• \in:::- pull h, .llld F't ir 1-.
O\\ r • r ... lorkrd ln
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When Should Chickens P e rch ?- J do not likf'
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I f tht>n: ' hould b" ·• J,Jocka~c
ll ... H chilkt ll!:> ptrching ut night till thP~ are four
rl f' b rd t (lllltnw., ,,, •·•t and e:>..pand ih aop, but
I a m •. 1\\ are that am '' e..tkne-. ... in
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g'nru I t nnot 'rnJ•I\ tht· Mop. In tiH• f nd the nwnt hs o ld .
f lOd \ i•lun the crop ~o"" -.our and tlv· !Jlli .. onou' brfl ..Jing w ill rau-.c c-rookf>d brca .... t -bone... but [
.t1"1 kno" ' th tt too ( .1rl) perching h. a ~omrnon
~ .., ' kill tlw \ oun~ chtck~>n or th,.. l:tt lf r g adually
,., .t\\cl\ for I ck of nouri ... hrnt-nt.
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Tlw pulleb \\ill be quite happ) ~quattinl{
Crop Compaction. - On no account tL r fort' ..:he on thP d"~'P and dry litter on the floor until thl' agr>
for JX rching- arrh•e.;, .
Thl'n one .:;hould fix th,..
t\ holt m.l z
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p<>rr r,e.. onh· CJbout t wel\·e or eightct>n inches off
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t k bbltd or broken. · Oat-. of V'~ l~ng ~~d
p nl d hu-.k! k nd rl'pre,rnt anoth~' r lllf:rt dit n t th,. tlnor. .\ t fi rst on,.. may have to teach th•' bi11J,
h h t.su .. .., .1 Llockagc and -..ub .. l'qur nt lo-.,e-.. ho w to pf"fch (funm·, but true), ,•isiting the- rd r>nd-.
ClippPd O.i h ..
idr>a l one r a n faci litatP matters by letting tht>fTI h:trt'
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l th. t''\lra pncP.. \\-~e:Jt ho\\'f'\'E"r, c.houlol
n low J>l'n h in the run during the d:n. \\'hf'n
.th b "' c f the ~ram m txtu n >, with oat-; .Jnd
the pullf't.., are in an adult hou"c be o;;ure nnd
n 17 (k I d :tddt'<.l, bu t not in "XC'~.......
• \ nd r f'mO\' P thP Pxistlng drop-board and perch<'~. whiC'h
~ hPn cm l h.tn{!t" OH·r fr om th(· -.mc.~11 'of' ds tu th,. arri far to~ high ? for tlwm, while thE" p<>rchl'~ ,~·ill
J rg4 r ou ., "01 l 5>( the fornl(lr <:h )Uid !-till be b too w1dc. ' ou ne<>d a na•rrow p<"rc-h \\'tlh
mr I 1df'd I r o;omr• l• ttiP tim<'. \\.ht·n er
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np wmp:-~ c ro Jnd"d (·d~"'· and a narrow battf'n, "'I\ an inch
~llld a half wid<>, with th(' rogf's roundl'd
slightly
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tl •· "'~ rf>d 'Jk i-.olatf>. thP a fTPCtHl bird... and
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,., "~" /rzn on" I'll • to dr :nk for a d a\',
Th i-. ~ 0 •·n-.urr a
110
grip," will be prf'f('rable.
m-. o ,Jr t ' an f'Xplo-\ e and break<; u thP h·t I .trrount U'>l' J>f'J fr nlr round p<'rC'h£>c; likf" c.t1ck ... or
t' r ttnt -. cl tlt,.., crnp, .. ttin,.. tf>,. d a .. t '~
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bronchi", of trf'Ps \\ ith knots here thPrf', and ('\f'f\'
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Hetecrin~ \ilin~ thickens 1 he 0 b
Don't Force the Pace.- \Yh( r<> bird-. arf' on rani!''
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nOtEN> \\'hiC·h C'hk kPn-. :tr~
t h ' ' n unwic;p to force thf" pace b\· ~i\'ing- 1111
~~<'"'' of anim.t) food. Bv the latter I n·f<'r to
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