MANAGEMENT OF FOWLS 81 



there from previous feedings, and if he finds much, gives no 

 more until the birds have eaten this all up clean. 



Water should be given as often as is necessary to keep the 

 supply quite fresh. In cool (but not freezing) weather, once a 

 day is usually sufficient. In hot weather the water should be 

 fresh two or three times a day, in order that the birds may 

 have cool drinks. In freezing weather many poultry keepers 

 give the water warm, because then it does not freeze so 

 quickly. The advantage of this is very slight, and wattles that 



FIG. 79. Flock of Single-Comb White Leghorns 



are wet with warm water in extreme cold weather become espe- 

 cially susceptible to frost. It is not really necessary to give 

 fowls water when they can get snow or ice in a form in which 

 they can eat it. 



Hens that are laying must be well supplied with oyster shells 

 or lime in some form for the shells of the eggs. They can get 

 a part of the lime required for this purpose from the lime in 

 foodstuffs, but not nearly enough to make good thick shells for 

 all their eggs when they are laying well. Ground oyster shells 

 are sold by all dealers in poultry supplies. 



