. The chick book. Poultry. THE CHICK BOOK LICE, FOUL BUNS AND WANT OF FRESH AIR THE JMAIN OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS WITH JUNE HATCHED CHICKS. Some people claim that June hatched chicks do not grow as quickly as thoss which are hatched earlier. The reason, perhaps, is that the millions of lice and mites that have been incubating and brooding through rain and shine of the early spring are not kepi in check when the warm weather comes. For this pest the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station rec- ommends coal oil emulsion. The next disadvantage is a swarm of chicks have pre- ceded the late hatch, the ru
. The chick book. Poultry. THE CHICK BOOK LICE, FOUL BUNS AND WANT OF FRESH AIR THE JMAIN OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS WITH JUNE HATCHED CHICKS. Some people claim that June hatched chicks do not grow as quickly as thoss which are hatched earlier. The reason, perhaps, is that the millions of lice and mites that have been incubating and brooding through rain and shine of the early spring are not kepi in check when the warm weather comes. For this pest the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station rec- ommends coal oil emulsion. The next disadvantage is a swarm of chicks have pre- ceded the late hatch, the runs are befouled by the earlier chicks and the old fowls, and the little fellows suffer for pure air day and night and are tramped on and crowded to death. Besides this the weeds, berries, etc., claim our atten- tion and the late chicks are not as well cared for as the earlier ones. Nature teaches and my experience proves that May and June are the months to hatch birds, and with the same care they should do as well or better than the earlier birds, for insect food is more plentiful and sunshine more abund- ant; but now we must provide shelter from the hot sun in- stead of from cold winds; also good, roomy, well ventilated coops or brooders. If brooders are used they must be constructed so that the chicks can have free access to heat or fresh air as they prefer. Both coops and brooders must have at least one side made of screen wire netting; a few holes in a box is not sufficient ventilation; a damp, perspiring chick turned out in the cold morning dew to chill might as well have its head snipped off at once. A chick can eat almost anything any time of year, if it Is not over-heated or chilled, but a chilled chick will have bowel trouble and no brand of food will cure it. MRS. S. P. ROGERS. MUCH DEPENDS UPON THE CARE LATE HATCHED CHICKS RECEIVE. I have had good results with last of May and early June hatches. For late December and January shows there is no better time to get them
Size: 1876px × 1332px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorre, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectpoultry
