POULTRY NOTES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 618, 12 November 1913, Page 3

POULTRY NOTES.

Wet weather in many cases is responsible fc-j i-jsv fertility in the breeding per.. It is rrov." •v.juYYU to rear a few chicks jii-cr-i'iy tbcii man? indifitrentY\ r.Y:-er; Liids step laying v?bsr. ?:>: cold snap!?. Aim ciosa. ci.ici; fesliierwe. If ycr; v. i-r.- during the nest desi' seEscn batca j ;, .3ar chicks now. Keep chicks shesdily growing from the shell. The least set-back 13 never caught up. The flocks of the successful breeders rot only receive the best graces oi food, but as much of them 25 Shey enn eat. Boiling refuse vegetables ts mase a bulky food is poor economy, especially where the high type layer is cor.--'ctrned. The hatching qualities of sgg9 si' 3 sometimes affected in transit; therefore dont always blam9 the breeder. It ia rot I2ir to judge results between eggs that have travelled and those that have not. T&e novice should be guarded jn accepting many of the short cuts advocated in poultry keeping. Factors in suacessful poultry keeping are good stock, liberal feeding, arc! cemicon sense management. If soms flocks of bird 3 were reduced to half their present numbers and the present food supply continued, the profits would be greatly increased. The starving process is tbe weak link on rrany unsuccessful plants.