116 999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



QUESTION Is there any kind of poison that can be placed 

 around the poultry house for rats that will not kill the fowls too ? 

 ANSWER No. 



QUESTION Can a hen be set twice in succession, that is, as soon 

 as she has hatched a brood of chicks, take them irom her and put 

 more eggs under her ? 



ANSWER It can be done successfully, but it is cruelty to ani- 

 mals and should not be practiced. 



QUESTION Are fowls subject in any way to climatic changes, 

 as, for instance, when shipped from one climate to another much 

 different one? 



ANSWER Yes, in many cases. Sometimes they are affected 

 favorably and sometimes unfavorably, but they soon become accus- 

 tomed to the change. 



QUESTION What causes the hens to pick the combs of the male 

 birds till they bleed and in some cases severely disfigure them? TIov 

 can it be stopped ? 



ANSWER It is usually started by the comb becoming injured 

 in a way to cause bleeding. The only remedy is to keep the bird 

 away from the flock till the comb has healed and in the meantime 

 feed them plentifully of raw meat. 



QUESTION What causes a deep red color sometimes, down the 

 sides of the legs of the yellow-legged fowls, and what does it signify ? 



ANSWER It is one of nature's unexplainable acts. By some it 

 is considered an indication of unusual vitality and evidence that the 

 fowl is especially prepotent in the production of progeny with yellow 

 legs. Neither of these theories is never failing. 



QUESTION If the weather is such that the large comb of a male 

 bird is apt to freeze at night, is there any preventive measures that 

 can be adopted? 



ANSWER Aside from providing warmer quarters, a liberal ap- 

 plication of vaseline to the comb and wattles will be a slight protec- 

 tion. 



QUESTION Is there any way to build up a flock of pure bred 

 fowls with mongrel females and a pure bred male? 



ANSWER Mate the male to the females and save for use next 

 season the pullets of the progeny which most nearly resemble the 

 breed to which the pure bred male belongs. Procure a new male 

 bird each year and follow the same plan of selecting the females. In 

 five or six years you will have a fairly good flock. 



