Feather-eating is generally traceable to two causes- -either to want of occupation or to over-heatinE of the blood, which frequently arises through lack of green food. The remedy is to give the birds all the scratching exercise possible, and to provide a mangold wurzel or swede for them to peck at during the winter and early spring, when green food h not available, and to cut tlieir beaks by removing the sharp horn from points and sides, so that they cannot hold the feathers to pu|l them out. Linseed meal, in small quantitiesis a fine food for breeding sows; i, keeps the stomach healthy and furt nishes food for the making of bone and bacoi?.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 308, 2 November 1910, Page 6
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115Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 308, 2 November 1910, Page 6
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