ISO THE HOME POULTRY BOOK 



ough renovation. It may be whitewashed, sprayed 

 or washed with kerosene or treated to a coat of 

 prepared lice paint. Some of the latter are very 

 efficacious, one application sufficing for several 

 months. 



Remove the broody hens to the breaking-up coop 

 the first night they are found on the nest, if they 

 are not to be set. The longer they sit, the more 

 difficult it becomes to make them forget that they 

 want to sit. 



It is a simple matter to start in the poultry 

 business this month by buying a few broody 

 old hens and several sittings of eggs from good 

 stock. 



MAY 



Day-old chicks purchased the first of this month 

 will begin laying early in the Fall, if they belong 

 to the smaller breeds. This is a good way for the 

 amateur to begin. The chicks may be put under a 

 broody hen at night, raised in an ordinary heated 

 brooder or grown in a fireless brooder. The latter 

 will give satisfaction now that the weather is fairly 

 warm. 



When the breeding season is over, the male birds 



