POULTRY NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17750, 29 June 1929, Page 22 (Supplement)

POULTRY NOTES.

SELECTING THE BREEDERS. Whether the birds are kept on free range or not, they must be provided with dry accommodation for the wet weather, as it is useless to expect either good fertility or good results at all from birds which have to spend most of their days on-muddy ground. In the summer time this is not such an important matter, perhaps, but with the early hatching which is essential for producing winter layers, the breeding birds must be provided with accommodation and shelter from the cold, wintry weather. A good shed, open to the sun If possible,, and supplied wth plenty,of clean deep litter, will give them opportunity for the exercise which is so necessary. Unless the birds are kept busy one need not look for . healthy progeny. The matter of exercise can be greatly encouraged by feeding ail the grain In the litter, as hr this manner the birds are forced' to scratch and find it for themselves. : This will give much better results than throwing it down on a hard floor to be gobbled up at once.' ■ ’ ■

Further than this, in order to.ob-