SUCCESSFUL CHICK RAISING 



RAISING POULTRY HAS PROVED A PROFITABLE BUSINESS— GIVES DRY FEED 

 —PREFERS INCUBATORS FOR HATCHING— A PRACTICAL POULTRY HOUSE 



MRS. EDITH M. HANDY 



I HAVE kept hens more or less for a number of years, 

 but did not make a regular business of it until about 

 five years ago, when I decided to try poultry raising 

 for profit. Being undecided which was the best breed to 

 raise for market fowl, eggs and exhibition purposes, I tried 

 several, but before long decided that the White Wyandotte 

 was the variety for me. 



I have found that dry feed gives better results and is 

 much less work than when one feeds mashes. Keep a dry 

 mash before them all the time and throw dry mixed grain 

 in the litter in the house at night. In summer feed plenty 

 of green food when they cannot run at large- and in the 

 winter give them mangles and cabbages, also turnips, beets 

 and potatoes. 



The droppings boards are cleaned every morning and 

 sprayed once a week with liquid lice killer. This course has 

 relieved me of any trouble from lice and mites. 



Prefers Incubators 



I tried hens for hatching chickens when I started in 

 business, but had such poor luck that I bought an incubator 

 as an experiment. Having never run one before I was a 

 little doubtful of the outcome, but soon decided that I had 

 no use .for sitting hens. Artificial incubation suited me 

 much better. 



All the chicks are raised in outdoor brooders and they 



are allowed out on the ground as early as possible. The 

 chicks are usually kept in the incubators, for forty-eight 

 hours after they are hatched and then are removed to the 

 brooders, as I have found that chicks are much stronger and 

 better after this rest in the incubator. 



The little chicks are fed dry feed from the first with 

 green food, charcoal and plenty of water. I have had good 

 luck(?) with chickens and I am making a success of the 

 poultry business and would advise any woman who likes 

 poultry to try raising it for profit. It pays to be honest in 

 this business, as in any other, and it is not difficult to satisfy 

 all reasonable customers if you practice the golden rule. 



Our Poultry House 



The accompanying drawings show our povdtry house. 

 It has given us very good satisfaction. You will note that 

 we have one glass covered window and one that is muslin 

 covered in each pen. All the fixtures are removable in order 

 that the house may be thoroughly cleaned. Have found 

 the hall way in the rear of the house a great convenience. 

 You will note also by reference to the drawing of the interior 

 that the nests are under the droppings board and that the 

 eggs can be removed from the hall way and that the mash 

 can be placed in the trough in the hall without entering the 

 pens to disturb the birds. 



Mrs. Edith M. Handy*s Poultry House. 



INTERIOR. 



R—Roosts, D B — Droppings Board. N — Nest 

 P — Platform in front of nests. D — Hinged door 

 opening into walk through which eggs can be 

 removed from the nests. T — Feed Trough lo- 

 cated in the walk, S — Spindles through which 

 the hens feed. 



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GnOUNO PLAN. 



Ground Floor Plan of Mrs. Edith M. Handy's Poultry House . 



