POULTRY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19848, 17 January 1920, Page 11

POULTRY.

’ NOTES BY “ CROW-BLACK.’ 5 i ; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, j Beginner, St Albans.—The ovary trouble your White leghorns are suffering from is no doubt duo to constitutional weakness of tho egg passage. Of course the feeding may bo faulty. You do not state what your dry mash contains. If meat meal or dried blood is , part of the ration you should discon- . tinue using it. Dissolve an ounce j packet of Epsom salts lor every dozen , birds and give it them, in a moist mash. , Tho egg-laying competitions at Papanui 1 have taught poultrymeu that hens which have suffered from ovary troubles . should on.no account bo kept for breed- . ing purposes. , E. R., Hornby.—lndigestion is caused t by too close confinement, want of exercise, high feeding, want of grit, etc. ’ Put your chickens on low diet and lessen | tho quantity. Mix in tho food a little powdered charcoal. Give tho worst ' subjects three parts of a teaspoonful 1 of sweet oil daily for about a week. ! If you do this and encourage exercise < tho chicks will soon get over moping J about, and lose their offensive breath 1 J. S-, Christchurch.—T. Kennedy’s j , Silver Wy undo ties finished third in the ‘ thirteenth competition (heavy breeds) ! at Papanui with 1153. ; The North Cau- ' terbury breeder’s Silver Wyandottes 5 won the fourth competition ;1399 eggs) ) | The Wyandotte Club will meet this } evening to recommend a judge to adjudicate on all varieties of Wyandottes at • tho Christchurch Poultry Club’s annual ‘ show. I understand Mr W. T. Green has " an offer of £25 for ono of his teams of ducks in .tho Papanui egg-laying com--5 petition. si Tho ton-minut.es speech competition ) arranged by tho Educational Committee 5 of tho Utility Poultry Club for Tuesday i night has attracted a good entry, and a pleasant and educational evening can bo locked for by those who attend. . Tho Christchurch Poultry Club will meet on Monday night, when members desiring questions to be answered on matters relating to all sections of the feather fancy must hand them in to Mr Poarco, tho secretary of tho club. Much sympathy is felt for Mr C. W. ■ Tritt, who had the misfortune to have all his young stock of Rhode Island Reds (.6-1) and three White Leghorns killed by dogs ono evening last week. Tho loss to Mr Tritt is not only heavy, ■ owing to tho Reds being tho most pro--1 mising ho had bred, but ho lias comj plotcly lost tho strain he has been j working up for many years, through : having sold the old stock liens. Last Wednesday tho Christchurch Canary and Cage Bird Club held a club show, Kir T. Wilkinson making the following awards:—Yorkshire—\V. Myers 1 and 2. Norwich, yellow, clear—W. Martin 1, 2 and special (best bird in [show), A. B. Ben ns 3. Norwich, yellow, variegated—TV. H. Landells 1, C. Wilson 2, G. Fisher 3. Norwich, buff, variegated—E. H. Whitson 1, W. H. Landells 2, A. 1). Bonus 3. Norwich, buff, dear—F. Hooper 1, W. Landells 2, G. Fisher 3. The members are subscribing towards procuring a .good trophy, to be known as the “ Peace. Trophy,” and to bo competed for at tho club’s summer fallow in March. I (Mf SEASONABLE HINT'S. Now is the time to prepare the soil ■ for planting green food for the winter. ) A good supply of green stuff will not pnly keep the birds in good health, but j it will help considerably in keeping the I feed bill down, Thousand-headed kale, curly-leaf broccoli, drumhead cabbage • or Capo barley and Dun oats (chaffed) will bo greatly appreciated by the birds , when put into their winter laying houses. At frequent intervals in summer, say , once a month, or even oftener, all houses should bo sprayed with a strong insecticide- An excellent insecticide and disinfectant can be mado as follows:—■ Dissolve 11b of soap in ono gallon of boiling water, then add ono gallon of kerosene. Mix these thoroughly, and then add about 12 gallons of coldwater. With this 11 gallons of kerosene solution spray tho tops and sides of tho houses lightly (outside as well as in). If tho house is kept free of vermin the fowls will, as a rule, keen their bodies tree by dusting, especially if tho soil is lightly sprinkled with water. Perches, nests, etc., should occasionally be taken out and painted with boiling tar or ■ kerosene. Tho latter may be lighted and allowed to burn for a ‘few seconds. Tho tarring should bo done early on a sunny morning, when the perches, etc., can ho put into position the same evening. Many lato hatched chickens suffer from headlieo. To kil these rub tho head and neck with a solution of 4 parts sweet oil and ono of turpentine. During tho next two or three months keep a watchful eye on the layers which are likely to be required for the breeding pen next season. Remember also that early monitors aro not moneymakers and should be marketed. If headway is to bo made in poultrykeeping, the beginner must shulv the lace of his birds. There is no better guide to constitution. If you have a

urowra-Tiw. Kmm percentage of sickly-looking birds—and there arc always a few wasters in every flock—dispose of them in double cuiick time. Some people keen a pullet sinip- • ly because it is a pullet. Men who make money at she game have got past the sentimental stage. ECC-LAYINC COMPETITIONS j f PAPAXUI. Tborc uas an increased egg yield last j week from the birds in the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's egg-laying ? competition, the 480 fowls laying 1940 * C SK S against 1872 for the previous week, and the fifty ducks 270 against 192 for the thirty-nineth week. Eight . of the twenty-four light breed single' birds have now got over 200 eggs, and . six others are within a few eggs of that > .number. there is likely to be a good contest during the remaining twelve I weeks lor supremacy, though several of the birds have little chance of gaining the priac owing to not laying eggs averaging ‘Job or over during the full period of ibe competition. The following are J the highest totals and weights to Jan- > nary 11 (which arc subject to confirma--1 tiou by the club's auditor):— , _ Total Weight. Xo Eggs. c;;. drs. Green Bros. (No. 2) . . 21;t 432 1 ■ 'Caldor Biros. (Xo. 2; . . Ci.i 4;!S (> . Mrs E. 1). limiter . . 215 <l7 ]:j Miss James . . . . 2U ."37 3 S. L.- Beer .... 21:: "37 6 ! *H. Williams . . . 20s -120 13 E. E. Msrsden . • . . 202 ;;;i» 7 "Calder Bros. (Xo. 1) . . 200 -120 2 ’“J. B. MorreU . . .190 303 15 •Green Bros. (Xo. 1) . . 333 320 11 • Notifies over standard weight. In the experimental lest T. E. Conway's White. Leghorn has taken the load (212 eggs), followed by J. Liggins’s White Leghorn (210), Waitoitol "(197) and Nils S. Dick (197). These four birds are going well, but at present I they are not complying with the weight clause, and a low total is likely to prevail in this test at the close. *J. Donald’s Black Orpington (221 eggs), and Green Bros’_ American Barred Rock (203) are registering a good score in tho heavy breed singles, and both birds arj , complying with the weight clause. Next week I hope to ho able to attach the total weights to the leading | pens in tho teams contest, which are .ns j follows: j LIGHT BREED TEAMS' CONTEST, j iC’ci. ’Weight, ~ „ „ Bfgs. ox. drs. Total. B. G. Terry, W.L, .S3 CD 3 1232 ( B. E. Maradcn, W.L. .20 33 11. 1211 C. X. Thomson, W.L. .32 00 13 *1221 J. Robertson, W.L. . 33 70 0 1175 1). P. Dougall, W.L, .27 51 0 1115 L. Couch. W.L. . 23 51; 10 1110 G. Gee, W.L. . . .;u 61 U 1137 Mrs Gorinski . ,33 27 13 11,31 HEAVY BREED TEAMS' GCI. , J. E. Conway, 8.0. . 2=5 57 4 1045 I. Dowlhwalte, S.AV. .29 51 4 921 C. H. Hard. 8.0. .20 59 11 937 LIGHT BREED TWO-YEAR TEAMS (4). Mrs Gorinski, W.L. .21 52 0 2333 H. W. Beck, W.L, .39 47 10 037,7 H. Williams, M. .28 f.2 hi 22-15 . J. Liggins, W.L. .ig p 5 2072 LIGHT BREEDS SINGLE PEX BIRDS. Tracey King, W.L. . 5 10 10 161 vv. A. Geo and Sen W.L. ... 5 10 4 333 DUCK TEAMS COXIEST (9). • W. T. Green, Lit. ,-”ia 35 ;; 1033 1 *J. M'Donald I.R. , n 26 11 1150 R. Copland, I.R. .is 44 2 U n. 2 TWO-YEAR DUCK TEAM. *W. T. Green, I.R. . ll 23 U 2370 ; SINGLE DUCK CONTEST. ' W. T. Grcor.... 1 2 5 239 L. Wadbam . .0 0 0 211 * Signifies one duck dead. Broodies.—One bird each in pens Cl, 62, CC, 81, 1.22, 121, 128 and 129; two each in pens 123 and 131. SOUTHLAND-THIRTY-SEVENTH WEEK, LIGHT BREEDS TEST. Daily Week’s Gsaad _ _ Laying. Total. Total. C. Thomson . . 41.565J3—31 ]]:« i 11. T. Stratton . . 45 6 3 43C—31 1043 i Mrs P. Gorinski . 5535153—30 )i)37 . .1. E. Ar.dc-rcon . . 4153516—31’ u-JO E. Williamson . . 4561115—33 1015 B. 11. Dcrnpator . .4630543—33 1013 11. S. Wcodnorth . 4461616—31 1003 G. H. Preston . . 6554454—33 3003 HEAVY BREEDS TEST. Miss H. King . . 2333343—01 55-3 R. C. Ferguson. , 4331223—1,3 731 , R. L. Proctor , . 1110233-il 573 . 4- Brora . , 0466134—29 453