POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 114, 7 February 1920, Page 12

POULTRY NOTES

tppcarancc a Big Factor Vine appearance pf goods when delivered roCH a ions way in Helping to =n =fj ■ •uslomcr Tim impression aauc by me roods on' arrival is always a lasting one, ■ml it stick* to the customers memory honivo? ta" coders, making another >urcha«e Many a shipment, of eggs c-i owlb has proved dißappomtiliß to ho )uroha«cr not hi cause they wctc not •ood, but' because they d.iu n«t ' ake a ood impression, when received Good eggs n a poor carrier or mixed lot rf eggs, ion't look .w Boo* to the Imyer, as A-ell-Beleotfd eggs '" ;1 £ 00(l '. L,U K ■ ge A good breeding bird can be .polled li appearance by shipping in a crowded, 1 -made and even ditty W Ki» poor irriril will bo remembered for a Jong ime'even if he makes good ._ so: care n makinr sh oments, semi all goods out in good order and create a od n lea■ion to be remembered hy the Inner. notes for the Novico. A little stewed linseed will help chickens lo feather, and is altio of *on« uleiajn. ~l i wo in helping older birds_ through the moult. Mix Willi .the mornig ma h. Itememher that tue vital ,y i-l h Ib lowest at night. Don't forget that a lrau-ht of air that plays on them while thcv"are on the roosts is often fatal i.nct lvavs dangerous. An open-fronted houae is all r!"it. and should a, bird/perch in the open, it will get through "ll right It is the shafts of air through the crack" that cause misduoi. . Give lie birds a generous meal ate in [he afternoon. They have to «et through x lon- night, and want plenty cf food lo keep p their system-:. This nmark tippUcs especially in cold weather, when K ;, demand -jn the food in order to maintain the bodily heat "Eierv'do'en'Vggß of marketable size arc pint of water *o vou will see how necessary it le to .Ui.ajß have a full supply of water available to he birds And a very accessary item s to supply clean water. The lien's mach.ar will ™ dirty, water up, 6<j Sat the egg looks all right, but good though the machinery is, it can t «1 rainate the rank smell that is associated with stale dirty water. So if you won't Bivo clean fresh water every day you Should not be surprised wlwn the cgp have a musty odour. SueecWul poultry breeding depends not fo much on die breed as the owner ace Wi methods; the man behind the gun u tiin l-iMwfit factor in the proposition. In nnndliiiß ducks, take hold cf their bv the neck; never hy the legs it wings In tne rearing of duckling the best re suits arc obtained where a supply of clear oarse rind is. kept in the drinking: water A kcroFcno tin placed on its side nut with a round hole ..tit at one end on lh. oi jM big enough fr.r the ducks to gel their heads in is the best, kind cf thins to i«o H the <u,cllf can ! ' or "i'K hl J immcrVc their heads they will alwayi keep thejf ei'cs clean, and wont gd "gummy." , ,„„»„ n,, r t is only commonsonee lo separate tin cockerels and pullets. Both come oi better and the flesh of the. male bird, is improved fr.r table purposes. In the proper rearing of chickens, it i essential that drinking water should al ways ho available to them. It i-lnys th< mischief with young birds to make then bo for long intervals without water, U cans' when"they can get to it they drml too much, overload their capacity, be come seedy and out of sorlß. besides ver: likelv laying the foundation for troi trouble", owing to the undue itretclum that the over supply of water causes. Chickens arc like babies: they need con staiii and careful attention m the tarl; Btage? of their lives. Successful poultry keeping about cquall; depc-ndr on three things-they arc:.strain proper lecding, and proper housing, s that the man behind the birds realfc counts for tiio most: