210 Profitable Poultry Keeping. 



injure them, they must be removed, but if net, all may be 

 given to her, iiud she will be delighted to have so large a 

 family, nursing them in most respects better than an ordinary 

 hen would or even could. When this system of rearing is 

 adopted, special care will have to be given to the weakly 

 ones, and any so found, should at once be removed where 

 they will not be crowded, and can have individual attention. 

 When the birds are a month old, if of a strong, hardy breed, 

 the largest may be removed to a cold mother, and this will 

 give more room to the rest. As soon as all appear to be 

 grown enough, they may be taken away and a fresh batch 

 given to the turkey, which will rear a couple of hundred in 

 a season in this way without the least objection. 



Prom first to last the necessity for drink should never be 

 forgotten. Water is the natural drink of all poultry. It 

 should be pure and fresh, the drinking vessels being filled 

 at least daily, and, whenever filled, carefully emptied and 

 cleansed. There are numerous convenient forms of drink- 

 ing fountains, but in bhe use of them there is a constant 

 temptation for the attendant to neglect to empty them, but 

 to simply fill them afresh. These should never be used for 

 milk, which is excellent for chickens and fowls of all ages ; 

 but this should be presented in shallow pans, so protected 

 that the chicks cannot get into them. 



