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Poultry Notes.
By W. PoweU-Owen, F.B.S.A ..
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'''wHir-r \\h) it ,.., thnsf\ Jn4"thvcl..,
dwkrn-n·.uing dforl!,.
'lh1· )oung (hi \\ ith
111 orlnlil)
ptal•· ;tn ~urvival of the:
lith'"(."
I am not \\ tth thi•Jn in ('lltlr+ l) bt I cllhl'
dt ; 1 -.ti< r u!f·.., will !>ee }OU with a h:uHJful onl) ,,f
< lti( k.., I! ft out of a larg" brood.
Fir ... t of all, 1
bf'li!•V<· in \V('(•drng out th1• Wf•akling.., b~>r:nt~ -.(,.,n,·r
or lntE'r th<·'i(• mu!:.t ful
att('nl ion. At hatth ing-time 11ny d1•formc d <1r w•·.tk
chick" I prc-fc r to kill a~ my own nnd•·ring 11f th1·
1. 1,.., of " the -.urvival of the fittr-.t." .\ftt>r that I
tn to rear every on(·, knO\\ing fully w 11 th.tt I
~till,
11 )u-.t lo-.c a few b} ae·cid 1 nts and oth<·rwi-.C'.
I tn to kE'<:-p mortality as low as po&.ible by common-
<:> .-1 he fir,t le.,~on t o I• arn
j.., not to f, t:l httk-. too t>arh after h.tlchmg. :\aturc
prm Hit-. fo<•'l for th• eh id-:- rn th,. r< maintl into th"" hod~ ju-.t ~·furr> ~ho litliP
on,.. f' lll"l'!{• .. irom th · ~hrll. Rough!) ... peaktn~, th.tt
: olk Jlrfl\'id,.. ... food for <.jUit" Jh to 4X hour~ :tfl• r
hat• hing--out tim,., .tnry unwbc is it, too, to
O\<•rt.J:-c th" digt<,livP ~' -.tf"m during th(' fir.-.t \\ f'f k
ll\' pro\·iding indig~>..,tibl~· fOOal ,~no thr
lik,.. (f \ou do the ... amP ill n-· ... ult ... follow, 10 that
tht• protl·~._ of ~tlhOrbing thP )Olk intO the. dig;•-.ti~l'
""'t•·m -.t<'J" and d#>alh ('OSUt>-. . UntP .... ._ th1' ) olk ts
g-h·• n a l'll.ln<' f> to " mt>lt awa) " ~ ou will not ;avr
thf> •·hit k . 'I hi-. j.., th1• rra..;on why so many clm·k.;
h.tt• hin~ out bdon• thr·ir time fail to sun·ive bc)-/ , •
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