ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
W.A.S., St Albans.—Feather-eating is usually contracted by fowls in closo confinement, stinted in vegetables and grit and lacking exercise. Too much animal or stimulating food will also induce this objectionable habit. The only effective remedy is a good run, a constant supply of fresh green vegetables, plenty of grit, and pure water. Where the space is limited, scattering the corn amongst straw will give the birds exercise, and thus divert attention from feather-pulling. Flower of sulphur may be given with advantake in tho fowls' mash.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11215, 22 October 1914, Page 9
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