FATTENING.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 24 September 1915, Page 3

FATTENING.

If you are fattening fowls or ducks, don’t forget that they will do better if kept quiet and shaded from the hot sun. The theory is —and it is only plain, horse-sense that they must eat a lot to put on the flesh, and they won’t do it if upset, any more than you yourself can eat when you are out of gear. In hot weather, damp down the shady spots overnight, and the ground will be in good shape for the birds to dig into next morning. Keroscene and olive oil—equal parts —will cure scaly log. Rub well in, every other day, for a week. Don’t keep a lot of breeds. Specialise in one. Lock around you. The men who are best known are mostly famed for one breed. In writer’s experience the pullets that are bred from a quick, active, second year cockbird and sprightly second year hens are the best as layers. If your hens are not laying well they may bo whipped up by giving them cooked I in meat, of which a handy form is dm dry meal.