GENERAL POULTRY HINTS.
In order to produce a perfectly : strong and hatchable egg, the cock : and hen must be supplied with food | that contains an abundance of all the ; elements that are essential to the | formation of the various parts of the J unmatched chick. After being hatched, if the chick is ; fed on rich foods, rich in all things \ needed, its development will go on j unchecked; but, o:. the other hand, if the food should lack 9ven one necessary element, the growth of the bird will be retarded and maturity incomplete. Every breeder ought to take . notice of this statement, culled from a j foreign work on breeding, for it is pretty sure that here we have the solution of poor hatches, poor develop- ■. ment of chicks, and lack of perfect ; maturity. The more active the breed, the ! slower to fatten. Remember this if you are breeding for the market in j flesh as well as eggs. [ In all lines of stock breeding, sue- j cessful mpn will tell you that culling j out had a lot to do with their success, ! and it is also true of poultry. The I unfit bird has no right to live. No ■ matter how pretty it is, if it is a ! sickly specimen and won't grow or lay : eggs, it should be knocked on the head, j
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 321, 17 December 1910, Page 6
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226GENERAL POULTRY HINTS. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 321, 17 December 1910, Page 6
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