POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 121, 15 February 1919, Page 14

POULTRY NOTES

(By "Chanticleer.") Holes for the Hovlco.

A little keroscno mixed with hot, soapywater makes a. very effective insect deBtrpyer. It should be sprayed into (lie cmclts. It you haven't a syringe, use it long-handled dipper. The proper way to ilo the job is to make an afternoon of it. Take the family washing copper into the yard, keep it full of hot water, and do the thing thoroughly. . Don't forget that stale, dirty water is a strong conveyor of disease. If the water pots aro thoroughly deaiiECd, and fresh water supplied every day, there won't be nearly so much disease noted. Don't rush the growing pullets. Let them grow a strong, big frame, and acquire a vigorous constitution. It is a had sign' when pullets begin to lay at' 18 weeks' old or so. When such immature birds start laying there is something -wrong somewhere.

Leghornß ought to be nix or Beven months' old before they drop the first egg, if Btrong stamina iB to be maintained.

[i ~> I know it is difficult to keep the birds '■•'hack, especially when tho weather is mild ''(and springlike, .as it eo often is in the 3 summer months' nowadays. But efforts 1 'riiould he made. Don't give them a lot if meat, and their too rapid develop- } pent may he , checked if they are fre--1 itiently moved to fresh yards. Fowls are 1 funny things, a;id they don't like strange ' (luTonndings. When thoyget into a fresli •■ mrd they don't like it, and won't settle *■ 'own for a. day or two. If you can f meek them like this it. is something gainr kI in regard to stamina, as it delays the !• «nn of their turning in to lay. " .SVhen fowls begin to sneeze .and to * »Jow signs of colds, use kerosene at the "SrMe of a tableßuoonful to a gallon of. (drinking w.ater. Don't allow the birds to ' tiavc access to any other water, and if J ron keep the kerosene water up for a, 1 Truck, moat, if not all, of the affected ' fiTds will be cured. 1 i Green food in the hot weather is very . lecessary. The salino and mineral pro- , erties in it are of particular benefit at Jiin time of the year. ' If yon have noticed diarrhoea among (le- birds, it. may usually be checked by Mine powdered charcoal to tho mash, fsf. enough to.colour it. not more; if you rake the food too black the birds won't i c ,t it. i If your fowls show signs of wakening ■ j[ vigour try some new blood and make i a point of procuring it from the breeder t inosc birds have a freo run.. This is In- , fnded for suburban men. i 'This is the wn.y of it. Generally Bpe.tki jg. tho suburban yards are limited in < rfea. so that the fowls haven't much ' rim. Fowls are active birds that rehire abundance of exercise if they am tj keep well and Btrong, and as they dfl't obtain sufficient exercise in tho '. aT ra Ke suburban backyard, they becomo stile and go off generally, er> that it benriiies necessary to periodically introduce ; frlsh blood in the shanc of birds. that ' 'i,jve a free run and that are.very fit ' irjconsequence of the exercise and hardy ' outdoor conditions. ! Where an old bird is running with tho lil"" it '■'' w ' se ,0 cllt nis Bpul "' ou " cloßo 1 u 'the shank. A good way of doing it ijto hold the bird downwards, place the Mv on a box, and ea»- it off. using a sjarn thin-blnded sn,w. The stnmp Bhnuld )0 rounded off with a red-hot poker, wjiclr will stop the bleeding and close tie cut against germ infection. ■' EGG-LAYING / 'fOUaTEENTH EUC-LAYINC COMPETI- , I TION. '•{Tho fortv-fourth week of the New Zen,Ulid Vtility Poultry Club's fourteenth ojg-laying competition ended on February 10. Results <iro as follow:— i' b LIGHT BREEDS Woekly Total ( ' ' total, to date, Leghorns— ■ Verrnll Bros 23 MB2. *H. Hunter 21 f«l ,'Jtrß. T. JXoreton 12 934 Whito Loghorns>W. Newall » 1055 |0. J. Hadley. 20 853 'R. Coombcs ....: 30 U9B Colder Brbß., No. 2. 26 1241 N. Stark .'• V> 1086 E. W. yJones 25 1208 . i Atkinson Bros 18 1225 ' Oalder Bros 2J 1330 •J. Nancarrow, sen 25 1 1 47 'J. Stevens i. •. 21 1116 Oxford Poultry Farm ... 21 1258 H. Ball v 29 KB? W. A. Gee and Sons No. 2 .31 1095 ■ A. E. Phillips 27 1059 . ' Mrs. JL 'B. Pullar 21 1090 . Mrs. J5. A, Gorinski 31 1327 I Trig Poultry -Farm ...... 23 1218 |*Mrs. 0. Atkinson 20 969 IJ. NancnxroHl iuu 31 1137 i 'W. H. West '. 27 1283 ' ; .T. Liggins ...; 28 1267 : F. If. WUboii ■.;.•; 24 970 ' : 1 Dalmuir Poultry Yards ... 21 1076 11. W. Beck 29 1349 ' . It. W. Ilawka 24 1283 Omeo Poultry Farm ...... 23 963 •M. F. Blackmnn 22 1222 H. Williams 25 1185 Herntaunga P. Co., No. 228 ICSB S. L. Beer 18 1232 A. B. Powlev ...; 32 1241 Mrs. J. Mills ; 30 . 1129 , fjfrs. W. Roach 17 952 Rangiuru Egg Ranch 26 1060 *Smart Bros 14 ' 955 Tracoy King % 1248 jr. A. Ourrin 25 1113 Ohns. H. Izard 30 1215 Orcen Bros., No. 1 24 1227 W. Davcy 27 1115 h. T. Wright : SR 965 ♦W. atephenson 18,, 9V5 C. Thomson 32 IM6 ,S. Dick- •. 27 103S A. W. Adams 27 1130 ,Tas. Robertson % 1081 X' I;. Bcnfelt 24 918 ■ 'W. Haley 27 1134 P. Mulder 31 1125 •T). Grnh?m 2.5 11*1 Reliable S.P. Farm, No. 2 9 679 W. A. Gen "ntl Rons' No. 1 28 11.35 Reliable s.P. Farm No. 1 23 1151 Waimea, PouHrv Yards ... fJ 1079 .TTcretannira P.G.. No. 1 ... 27 VW Green Bros., No. 2 ..;... 33 1316 Minorcan— Miss .T"ssie James 9 879 H. WiJliams , 24 12C(1 Totals 1519 66,250 HEAVY BREEDS. Wcokly Total total, to date. Black Orpinglons*Chas. H. Izard : 19 858 . "JVE. Conway, No. 1 i 734 Norton and Dove 22 966 ,T. Nancarrow, sen 13 758 W. Bloomfleld 31 973 T. E. Conway 25 1036 While P'vinouth ItocksW. Knight 28 966 Rhode Island PiedsNorton and Dove 18 (.id E. E. Marsdcn 30 864 Silver Wyandot>es— W. W. Hewinson 23 771 Thos. Wilson 17 931 Thos. Dowthwaite 26 925 |T. E. Conway 19 458 A. W. Adams 32 816 Thos. Kennedy 23 752 •Mrs. F. Howell 17 847 " Totals 346 13,301 DUCK CONTEST. Weekly Total total, to date. Indian EunnorsThos. Dowthwaite 25' 1137 *li. A. Wndham 18 1255 Mrs. W. A. Gee '. 10 1148 W. T. Green N27 1305 R. Jl. Copland 19 1222 •Heretaiinga Poultry C 0.... 18 1250 W. T. Green 14 1279 Totals 132 8596 SINGLE BIRDS CONTEST. Heavy Breeds. Weekly Total v tolnl. to date. Siiver WyandotteßE. J. Ross 6 179 Thos. Wilson 6 195 Jlhod'j Island Red«— T. E. Conway 2 163 Norton and Dove 3 124 Barred r!vu>olith RocksA. E. Wilson 4 169 " - Totals '.. 21 830 SINGLE BIRDS CONTEST. Light Breeds. Weekly Total total, to date. White LeghornsGreen Bros. No. 1 0 237 Green Bros., No. 2 4 222 It. AV. Ilawke 5 1W 11. Jfaulc*B 6 &52 Tracey King 7 ZW 8. L. Beer 2 239 E. E. Marßden 5 15(1 i Thos. Wilkinson 7 268 Mrs. Jlills, No, 1 6 175 S. Dick 6 215 Atkinson Bj-os., No. 1 6 209 ■I. Stevens '. 5 176 Mrs. J. Mills, No. 2 4 256 * Master Ern Gee 0 186 Reliable S.P. Farm 2 189 Jf. W. Beck 0 H7 W. A. Gee and Sons 4 227 Atkinson Bios., No. 2 ... 6 224 It. Williams 6 184 Totals 81 3871 •One Bird Dead.. fTwo Birds Dead.