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POULTRY NOTES

The .principal, work on tho commercial poultry farm for this month will be getting together the breeding 6tock. It is most desirabl'o that this work be completed this month; therefore, where new stock has to be introduced no time should be lost in making mirchases. lhe r.ain portion of the work, however, is with tho hens or pullets that are to bo bred from; the male birds need not be put in the pens quite so early, though it is desirable that they be in the pens by the middle of next month. It maynot be possible).-cf course, in every case to make np all the breeding pens reauired so early, particularly the pecond-vcar hen portion of the motings.. Many of these might be still fairly heavy in tho moult, and if they are on a good extensive run..'and aro beim» kept under better conditions than would obtain in the breedine pens it mi»ht be advisable to leave them till a little later. But it does not follow thnt because hens have not ouite- completed their moult they should not be nut, into the breeding pens to sottle.:down before the time when they are required for lFeedirx* from: thet i* a matter ;' "where' the discretion of the breedc should be. exercised. One of the most fatal mistakes mado by poultry brepf'l-rs is to lonve the matinp of their breeding birds until too lato in tho season. A Common Error.

One of the errors made by poultrykeepers with limited experience Is to attempt to hatch only heavy breeds at first, say. during the months of June and July, and to leave the hatching el light breeds, such as Leghorns, until August and September. This practice is responsible for many thousands of late and unprofitable chickens being hatched. The fact is that it, is far preferable to have some early chickens of both breeds. Unless this is rtnrn the light broeds will very soon deteriorate Just by reason of the fact of hcl"? continually hatched too late, and the impossibility of securing well-matured stock to breed from the following vcar. Thus the effects cf latio hatehiivr are cumulative to the detriment of the breeds. Set All Suitable Eags Available. Arain, there are but comparatively few poultry-keepers, who can insure infficient ci'KS of one breed (if they keep two breeds) to enable them to keep their incubators full so early in the steason. This will be better understood when it is stated that the highest tvera'ge ei»e-]aying made in one year in the competitions at Hawkcsbury Agricultural College was 17 oggß per pullet for the month of June lor flrst-vear henß. Seeing that these arc. all selected hens reprefntiPT the belt that, their owners could brintr up. it ia'not likelv that the.average farm pullet or hen will eome up to this record, although as in the competitions, individual pour will, of course, put up higher tallies. Probably the June average for birds penned for breeding purposes would be nearer eight. and three respectively, Howerer. the fact remains that the average -poultryfarmer finds It difficult to cecure sufficient eggs from his brtKdlng pens in Juno to enable him to set all that are desirable, and he has generally to be content with ■what he can get. This is all the more Teason why W» ehould set all the suitable eggs available, whether from heavy or lioit breeds, because -whatever might be said against early hatching of light broeds one thing is Certain (as many are now being "brought to realise), namely, early hatching i: preferable to late hatchin' in any breed.

An American- company which is devoted to thb hatching of chicks for tho baby chick trade claims to havo the largest incubator in the world. The machine is said to hold over 1.000,000 estzs. eaual to fi) tons weieht. at one sitting. In this machine the air is changed every three minutes, and I the moisture is supplied by live ' steam. It. is said that chicks are hatched every hour of the day and every day in the'week.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 203, 22 May 1920, Page 12

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POULTRY NOTES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 203, 22 May 1920, Page 12

POULTRY NOTES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 203, 22 May 1920, Page 12

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