POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 235, 28 June 1919, Page 12

POULTRY NOTES

(By "Chanticleer.")

"How to SBloot Your Breeding Pens." , Mr. J. W. Green, speaking at a, meeting of the New Zealand Poultry Club on "How to Sclect Your Breeding Pene," Baid lio w-aa going to speak to the younger members who were about to select their pens of breeders. He advised securing the best, champion layers—late mouitera. Theso birds should bo stopped laying, given a plain ration, and free range, ftot enough thought was given to the case of the breeders. He knew it was hard for one to rest a, hen when eggs were, dear, but the longer the i.en was rested the better the chickens would be. He would discard any birds that went fut of profit, broody, or had the slightest check during their flr6t year's laying as pullets, ne always liked to select as gooc a specimen of the breed as possible for the breeding pen, not a. layer only. They must have type, constitution, and and he liked to' know how each individual bird was bred. The same remarks applied to the male bird. Pullets were not in it as breeders with hens wjiich had been stopped laying, and given a good plain ration. Breeding from pullets was 3»ke breeding in the dark, aB only about 20 per cent, were found suitable for the breeding pen. their first twelve months' laying. Early ohickens were the best, tho chief reason being that the hea had a good rest. vr hen tho hen was laying for a long period she lost vitality, .consequently tho chick was weaker. With regard to selecting eggs for sotting, it was "unwise to' mcubatc under-sized eggs, even though tho eggs had been-laid by a champion layer; it omy intensified the weakness. There were two kinds of chickens—the one you could not. kill and the one you could not rear, iiio first-named was produced from the hen which had been rested on free range and given* a good plain ration, while the weakly chickens fall lioad and beak) were from tho bird that was confined in its house, not rested nor given an opportunity to partake of green food or scratch for the many insects which were to bo found when , the breeders were given their free range. ! He did not believe in segregating the , male bird during the moulting season;. I it was better to give a- bird its liberty, as confining it meant running its constitution. Replying to questions he said all champion layers were lato mouitera; they could be stopped laying by giving each bird half a teaspoonful of ealts tjvice a week and fed sparingly. t He did not believe in breeding from birds m the inoutt and laying; it was unwise to give breeders green bone, as it was a forcing food. In concluding,' l£r. .Green , advised young members to be particular in tho selection of the breeders, to v get in contact with well-known poultrymen and to visit their yards, even without being asked.

EGG-LAYING ' UTILITY CLUB'S COMPETITION. ■ The New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's fifteenth egg-laying competition opened on ADril 8, - anil will continue till March 31, 1920. The following are eleventh week s results;- j BREEDS, ' Single Birds Contest. (For purebred pullets between the ages of 6J and 8 months.) Total Weekly to total, date. White Leghoins— W. A. Gee and Son 5 20 Green Bros. (No. 1) 4 S4 E.E. Marsden J » J. 13. Merrett » • =° ■ T. Fazackerly Beck and Oakley 1) 5 55 W. Newell ° - Geo. Gee- ..- ? W. 0. Sail 36 Oalder Bros. (No. 2) 5 » Beck and Oakley (No. 2) , 5 54 Green Bros. .No. 2) J. „ lft Williams (J<u. 1; •■!.• 5 J™ JliBS Jessie James •••' J Waitoitoi Stud Farm 5 ol Calder Bros. (No. 3) o 56 H. Hunter 2 2 Calder Bros. (No. 1) 4 54 •. 8. L. Beer a » 64 * J. Liggins 5 68 iG. H. Bradford 6 59 Mrs. E. D. Hunter 5 47 Black Minorcas- , ... Mrs. Roach , ... 5 40 H. Wlllianis •••• 0 Totals W 1161 . TWO .YEARS' TEST. Tracey Kins 5 309 W. A. Goo iind Son 1 265 E. E. Marsden 0 191 Totals • .......; 6 765. . HEAVY . BREEDS. Single Birds Contest. (For purebred yullets between the ages < of 6 and 9 monthß.) Total , * Wookly . to total, date. American Barred Rock— Green Bros. ' 5 48 •' BlacK Orpingtons. J. M'Donald 7 70 Rhode Island Red— H. Hunter 3 22 1 Totals 15 140 ' EXPERIMENTAL SINGLE PEN CONTEST., (For purebred fowls: Light oreeds between •the age of 5J and 8 monthß; heavy breeds between the ago if. .6 and 9 mouths.) ,• • Total . , Weekly to total, date. Black Orpington— (J. ltenn 0 46 Whito Eock— , ii.. Meadows and H. Rose 0 48 Rhode Island Red— O. H. Bull 0 0 Silver Wyandotte— Beck aud Oanley • 0 11 American Barred Hock — Progress Poultry Farm ... 0 0 White Orpington— E. R. Vercoe 5 10 White Leghorns— . T. J. Richards 6 57 Oalder Bros. (No. 1) „• .3 40 Geo. Gee 0 13 Mrs. S, Dick 4 56 ■ S. Dick ' 5 52 Oalder Bros. (No. 2) 5 39 . E. Marsden 6 66 Beck and Oakley (No. 1) ... 4 31 . Waitoitoi Stud Farm 1 45 Tracey King 5 26 T. Fazackerly 4 47 J. Liggins ' 6 58 W. A. Gee and iion • 3 40 T. Wilkinson 0 53 Atkinson Bros 5 35 - T. E. Conway 4 58 Green Bros. (No. 1) 5 54 Calder Bros. iNo. 3) 1 1 47 ■Green Bros. 2) 3 53 Waitoitoi Stud Farm 5 41 Progress Poultry Farm ... 0 47 J. J. Rowberry 0 1 Progress Farm ... 1 47 Wobb Bros 0 39 Totals El 1160 LIOJHT. BREEDS CONTEST. il'or 6 purebred pulletß between the ages of 6J to 8 months.) Total Weekly to total, date. Black Mintircas— ■H. Williams 29 258 White Leshoms— Green Bros. (No. 2) 29 225 K. L. Beer 30 245 Tracey King 27 278 Beck and Oakley 26 282 M. F. Blackmail 14 ■ 88 B. Campbell 8 111 J. Liggms JO 321 N. Stark and Son 9 .199 0. J. Norton .-. !6 147 G. H. Bradford ....' 27 140 H. Ball 20 234 Heretaunga Poultry Farm 18 : 242 J. S. Stevens 26 226 G. Bonnctt 22 163 E. G. Terry 28 . 296 F. It. Ozanno 25 183 C. fl. Izard 23 255 J.. * M'Harg i 8 199 W. J. Chambers 20 226 E. Marsden 32 319 0. Kenn 23 258 Mrs. E. D. Huntqr 15 249 A. Olcgg 25 264 J. Naticarrow, sen £0 143 It. W. Jlawke .: 17 218 llalinuir Poultry Yards ... 2? 272 Calder Bros 21 219 Green Bros. (No. 1) 21 239 • W. J. Richards 23 176 L. Couch 26 260 Master A. Haley 25 203 W - . A. Geo aud Son !8 173 D. F. M'Dougull 30 226 tßeck and Oakley !4 194 L. T. Wright 29 158 P. Freeman L 2 168 ~ m Mrs. Goi'iuski 25 295 Waitoitoi fetud Farm 23 233 W. Davcy 22 2C6 B. 13. l'omkies 26 195 Oxford Poultry Farm 27 J6l It. W. Coombcs 16 239 Verrall Bros 0 98 Rangiuru Egg Ranch 31 160 G. Geo 28 240 Inder and Phillips 28 281 A. H. Skilton 2t 131 J. Robertson Hi 248 A. M. Love 23 206 1). Graham 27 . 243 C. Thomson 26 321 J. Webb 6 • 79 T. Richards 31 186 Brown Leghorns— tH. Hunter 14 64 "Verrall Bros 13 48 '' Totals 1252 11,793

LIGHT BB.EEDS (TWO TEARS' TEST). White'Leciiorns- ' H. W. Beck M }™5 Mrs. Gorinaki 13 1624 J. Liggins 8 i™* Black Mmnrcas— ■ H. Williams Totals i 52 6198 HEAVY BREEDS CONTEST. i'For six purebred pullets bel-ween the aces of 6 and .9 months.) Total Weekly to total, date. Silver Wyandottes— T. Kennedy 0 J A. W. Adams 15 T. Dowthwaite 23 120 White Rocks— L. D. Adams 23 87 American Barred Bocks— • D. AllingUam 0 14 Black Oi-piugtonß— 0. H. Izard (No. 2) 19 212 T. E. Conway 3' 240 W. Blomfleld 24 }W 0. J. Norton 17 106 0. H. Izard (No. 1) 19 J. Nancarrow, sen. ......... 50 131 Rhode Island IledsP. E. Knyvett 16 73 Totals 223 1358 DUCK CONTEST. Total Weekly to total, date. Indian RunnersR. M. Copland 25 237 ' G. Bonnctt 23 297 *T. Dowthwaite 32 276 W. T. Green (No. 1) 37 294 Mrs. 0. H. Jl'Dougall 1 .21 "S. Donald * 27 315 Heretannga Poultry Farm 22 62 W. T. Green (No. 2) 29 255 Mrs. E. D. Hunter 28 87 Totals 224 3834 TWO YEARS' TEST. *W. T. .Green 23 1703 SINGLE DUCK CONTEST. iFor purebred ducks, over 5 and under 9 months.) Total Weekly to total, date. Indian Rannere— H. Meadows 7 57 ,W. T. Green 7 6o L. Wadham '.....! 6 46 T. Meadows 4 56 J. Donald 6 35 Totals 30 259 # One bird dead. t'l'wo birds dead.