Mrs Basley's poultry book; tells you what to do and how to do it; the chicken business from first to last including 1001 questions and answers, relative to up-to-date poultry culture . are artificial and theconditions surrounding our domestic hens are also artificial, butwe must, if we want success, copy as far as possible Natures wayswith fowls and follow Natures plans. In the spring not only do we want egg production, but we wantgood, strong fertility in our eggs. We want fertile eggs now, for•are w^e not prearranging to have plenty of vigorous pullets to laythose high-priced market eggs .ne
Mrs Basley's poultry book; tells you what to do and how to do it; the chicken business from first to last including 1001 questions and answers, relative to up-to-date poultry culture . are artificial and theconditions surrounding our domestic hens are also artificial, butwe must, if we want success, copy as far as possible Natures wayswith fowls and follow Natures plans. In the spring not only do we want egg production, but we wantgood, strong fertility in our eggs. We want fertile eggs now, for•are w^e not prearranging to have plenty of vigorous pullets to laythose high-priced market eggs .next fall? Are we not anticipatingsturdy cockerels to win prizes at next winters shows, or to maketoothsome frys or delicious roasts? Fertile eggs are now in order. How shall we get them ? Firstwe must have vigorous and healthy parent birds; we usually havehealthy birds in the spring of the year, for the moult is well over andthe aihiients which prevail in the fall—colds, catarrh and sorethroats, all classed as roup—have yielded to treatment, or the vic-tims are no more. The chickenpox, which also is a fall diseasCjhas about disappeared, and the birds are in good Eggrs for Breeding. Packed Correctly for !Sliiiiiiieut. 26 MRS. BASLEYS POULTRY BOOK Vigor is Necessary Vigor is the first requisite for fertile eggs. To have vigor, thehens must have exercise; every grain they eat sliould be scratchedor dug out of the straw or litter in their scratching pen. A henthat is very fat—over-fat—will not have fertile eggs and will nothave strong, sturdy chickens. It is neither kind nor wise to over-fatten your breeding hens, but they must be fed the proper food forfertility. How can we decide what food to feed for fertility? Letus interrogate Nature again. The wild bird, the Gallus Bankivafrom which sprung all our domestic fowls, lays her eggs and raisesher young only in the spring. She only has two broods of aboutthirteen eggs each, but those eggs are rarely infertile. W
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