The care and management of the breeding stock, both 

 male and female, should be such as to produce birds of 

 strong constitution and vigor. The males should be removed 

 from the breeding pens at the end of the breeding season 

 and not returned until the following season. Place the males 

 in a pen with a good range during the summer and provide 

 a warm dry sunny and well-ventilated house during the 

 winter. 



Do not allow males to run with pullets until they are fully 

 matured. Never allow males and females to run together 

 during the hot summer weather or during the moult. 



Allow your males intended for breeders to run with 

 females occasionally to prevent them from becoming sterile. 

 If male birds are kept together all the time, they develop 

 bad habits. Keep the male bird by himself when moulting. 

 Keep his quarters comfortable and dry and feed him. Do not 

 allow the male to develop long, sharp spurs. Saw them off. 



In general the number of hens usually mated to a single 

 male is as follows for the respective classes : Asiatics, eight 

 to ten ; American, English and French, ten to fifteen ; Medit- 

 erranean, fifteen to twenty-five. 



START THE CHICKS OUT RIGHT 



The main factor in a brooder is uniform heat which is 80 

 to 82° to start with : five feet from the source of the heat. 

 The chicks should be allowed to search for the temperature 

 that suits them best. After the fifth day, they should have 

 free range of the whole brooder floor. Little chicks should 

 be started right. Little chicks should have plenty of exercise 

 and they love to scratch in a litter. 



Spring is a good time to begin poultry raising. Start with 

 a few general purpose birds and with the best eggs that you 

 can buy. This will insure success and profit. The runt never 

 pays its board bill. Undersized chicks that mature slowly, 

 frequently are caused by neglect of the parent stock. 



The rapid growth of your poultry is dependent upon vig- 

 orous physical condition. Examine the heads of the chicks 

 two or three days after hatching. If hen hatched and lice 

 are found, rub a little ointment (made by mixing lard and 

 Perfection Lice Powder together) on the head and under the 

 throat. Dust the setting hen pinch method with W. C. De 

 Lapp's Perfection Lice Powder when taking her off the nest. 



Keep birds of different ages in separate runs. 



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