UTILITY POULTRY CLUB.
j At '.ho educational meeting' o£ tie New j Zealand Utility Poultry Club- last evening, Mr W. F. Herbert presided. Mes3rs '»». | A. Goo and W. Ward gun;© addresses or. tho brooding atid rearing of chiikeas, and Mr W. T. Green spoko on the rearing cf ducklings. Mr Gee said lie favoured a heated brooder. It wa3 a mistake to take chickcns away from, the incubator too soon, Mid they should | be kept therein for at lenst 24 hours after ; incubation. The incubator should bo 3:c-pt for a time at a temperature of S5 decrees, which should then be gradually reduced. favoured oatmeal and eggs as food for chickens when young - , and commercial cl ick fri- 1 . when they 'wro three weeks o'd. This chick feed diet was best when varied '-vita mash and green fowl, particula'-ly chopped spring eniens. Chickens should always be kept a little hungry, for in his opinion more were- killed by over-feodinjr tfain by imder-feerlir.g. He p.lirays k«pt bran before his chickens, «r.d con~id<Tod that loe-cating was greatly eliminated Lr do:;i™ so. The speajfcrs answered reveral questions, nrsd were thanked for their instructive addressee. . •
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19200922.2.67
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16946, 22 September 1920, Page 8
Word Count
191UTILITY POULTRY CLUB. Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16946, 22 September 1920, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.