SUCCESSFUL POULTRY KEEPING 



ALBERT F. DIKEMAN, So. Peabody, Mass. 



BREEDER O? WHITE WYANDOTTES AND WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 33. Depends entirely on size of yard, — at least 50 

 square feet to each bird. Not over 100 birds in any one flock. 



A. 34. ii'rom eight to twelve weeks according to actions 

 of cockerels. 



A. 35. Yes, for show purposes, as some are sure to haze 

 the others and this retards growth and breaks flight and tail 

 feathers. 



A. 36. Pen the troublesome ones separately, watch them 

 closely; if they appear lonesome and do not eat readily, give them 

 three or four old hens that are, later, intended for market. 



_ A. 37. We use self-feeding hoppers containing a hard 

 grain nuxture of 50 per cent white wheat, 25 per cent cracked 

 corn, and 25 per cent hulled oats. Grit, charcoal good beef 

 scraps and fresh clean water. All these available for the stock 

 at all times. 



A. 38. Same as 37. 



G. W. BROWN, Camden, Arkansas 



WHITE WYANDOTTES, BARRED ROCKS, INDIAN GAMES, BUFF COCHINS, 



LIGHT BRAHMAS, LEGHORNS, PIT GAMES, WILD 



AND BRONZE TURKEYS 



A. 33. Our breeding pens are 50 by 100 feet and houses 

 6 by 8 feet and to each breeding house and yard we run ten 

 females and a male. In our colony houses, we have them 10 

 by 18 feet, there are 100 birds in each. 



A. 34. At six to eight months old we separate all males 

 and females, the males running in large fields to themselves and 

 the females the same. 



A. 35. We find it best to let the cockerels run together 

 just as long as possible, but often have to put up, (special birds 

 causing trouble) exhibition pens and yards for keeping all such, 

 and for preparing for the shows. 



A. 36. All birds causing trouble, as explained above, 

 are cooped alone in special coops for this purpose. 



A. 2i7. For growing stock, we use vegetables well cooked 

 and seasoned, mixed with a good warm mash of shorts, bran and 

 oats, with plenty of cooked meat or green bone. 



A. 38. We feed three to four times daily. 



B. S. HUME, French Village, 111. 



WHITE WYANDOTTE SPECIALIST 



Not over 30 or 40. 

 At six months old. 

 Not if they get along quietly. 

 I farm them out when I can. 

 Mostly soaked oats and wheat, some little corn. 

 Oats give them bone and muscle and make young stock thrifty. 



N. V. FOGG, Mt. Sterling, Ky. 



BREEDER OF SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS EXCLUSIVELY 



A. 33. Cockerels are separated from the pullets as soon 

 as they can be easily picked out. 



A. 37. My growing stock is fed three times per day with 

 the mash at noon. They are fed a feed of mixed grains in the 

 morning and at night, composed of wheat, oats and cracked 

 corn. At noon their mash is fed and is composed of wheat bran, 

 ground oats, beef scraps, corn meal and wheat middlings. I 

 also feed green stuff unless my birds are on a nice grassy field. 



EDW. E. LING, So. Portland. Me. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 33. About 20. 



A. 34. About seven to eight weeks old. 

 A. 35. Sometimes, if there should be birds that did not 

 get their share of the feed. 



A. 36. Put in a pen with smaller cockerels. 



GEO. A. BARROWS, Groton, N. Y. 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORN SPECIALIST 



A. 33. Each colony house will hold about 60 chicks. 

 These are not yarded but are given unlimited free range. 



A. 34. From five to six months. 



A. 35. Only to remove any weak birds from among the 

 strong ones. 



A. 37. I feed the growing chicks after four weeks on 

 equal parts cracked corn and wheat and keep grit before them 

 all the time, and this season I have kept beef scraps before part 

 oi my chicks all the time with good results. 



A WHITE WYANDOTTE MOTHER AND CHICKS 



A. 38. It has been my custom to scatter the grain on 

 the ground three times per day for my growing chicks, but this 

 season I placed food hoppers in three of my colony houses and 

 kept them filled with cracked corn, wheat and beef scraps and 

 the result was such that I think that I shall use that method 

 entirely next season. 



H. H. FIKE, LibertyviUe, 111. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



Not over 100 in one colony with unlimited range 



A. 33. 

 (no yard). 

 A. 34. 

 A. 35. 

 A. 36. 



When twelve weeks old. 



Yes. 



About 25 to a lot. 



A. 37. Same as for little chicks. 



J. L. JEFFERSON, Des Plaines, 111. 



WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 33. Whatever is left in each brooder, generally about 

 35 are housed together. I use no yards to speak of. 

 A. 34. Between three and four months. 



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