THE CHICK BOOK 



LICE, FOUL BUNS AND WANT 01" FBESH AIR THE 



MAIN OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS WITH JUNE 



HATCHED CHICKS. 



Some people claim that June hatched chicks do not grow 

 as auickly as .thosa which are hatched earlier. The reason, 

 perhaps, is that the millions of lice and mites that have been 

 incubating and brooding through rain and shine of the early 

 spring are not kept in check when the warm weather comes. 

 For this pest the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station rec- 

 ommends coal oil emulsion. 



The next disadvantage is a swarm of chicks have pre- 

 ceded the late hatch, the runs are befouled by the earlier 

 chicks and the old fowls, and the little fellows suffer for 

 pure air day and night and are tramped on and crowded to 

 death. Besides this the weeds, berries, etc., claim our atten- 

 tion and the late chicks are not as well cared for as the 

 earlier ones. 



Nature teaches and my experience proves that May and 

 June are the months to hatch birds, and with the same 

 care they should do as well or better than the earlier birds, 

 for insect food is more plentiful and sunshine more abund- 

 ant; but now we must provide shelter from the hot sun in- 

 stead of from cold winds; also good, roomy, well ventilated 

 coops or brooders. 



If brooders are used they must be constructed so that 

 the chicks can have free access to heat or fresh air as they 

 prefer. Both coops and brooders must have at least one 

 side made of screen wire netting; a few holes in a box is 

 not sufficient ventilation; a damp, perspiring chick 

 turned out in the cold morning dew to chill might as well 

 have its head snipped off at once. A chick can eat almost 

 anything any time of year, if it is not over-heated or chilled, 

 but a chilled chick will have bowel trouble and no brand of 

 food will cure it. MRS. S. P. ROGERS. 



unless one is well fixed to handle these late onesj 

 wouldn't advise getting out too many of thera but a few 

 will prove what I am stating is true, ^be great trouble m 

 handling late hatched chicks by many is they 'o^^^ff 

 in them. Early in the spring the hen fever is up to 95 or 

 Mgher, but it gradually cools off as the weather gets warm 

 and the chicks are neglected. 



I would brood at that time with a hen. Place coop 

 which should be of sufficient size to give ample room and 

 fresh air through the hot nights, in a dense shad^a large 

 apple tree or north side of a building is the best for June 

 hatched chicks. Feed mostly dry food at this time. Pro- 

 vide fresh water often, and after chicks are a few days oiQ 

 give the hen her liberty, and all the chicks have to do is to 



grow. ,. J v.. J 



I have for several years raised a few late hatched birds, 

 even as late as July 1st. This season I will be compelled to 

 get out even more than usual owing to the lateness of the 

 spring and the immense early egg trade. 



To those who are prejudiced against late hatched chicks 

 I will say that a sitting or two of eggs at this time will 

 prove that what I am saying is true, provided you do your 

 part in caring for them. 0. L. KING. 



MUCH DEPENDS UPON THE CARE LATE HATCHED 

 CHICKS RECEIVE. 



I have had good results with last of May and early June 

 hatches. For late December and January shows there is no 

 better time to get them out than May 25th to June 15th, 

 as they mature after the weather becomes cool, and 

 the plumage is bright at show time. My winners, 

 both cockerels and pullets, at the late Peoria, 111., show 

 and at late Illinois State Show, all up to weight, were 

 hajtched from May 25th to June loth. This is ample evi- 

 dence that June hatched chicks will make show birds. 



ADVOCATING JUNE HATCHED CHICKS OF THE 

 LIGHTER BREEDS FOR WINTER SHOWS. 



I have hatched many S. C. White Leghorns in June with 

 great success for both market and exhibition. I have raised 

 many winners of both sexes which were hatched in June and 

 Won in December. They were fully developed and weighed 

 from four to six pounds, and as all Leghorn breeders know, 

 that Is good weight for them. 



I always feed young chickens for the first five weeks 

 with prepared chick food. Have used this for several years. 

 I have not known of a single case of bowel trouble in feed- 

 ing this food. After the chicks are four or five weeks old I 

 commence feeding them cracked corn and wheat; keep fresh 

 water before them all the while, also oyster shell anid grit. 



One must have a good shelter for them and protect them 

 from drafts which give them colds. Do not crowd and over- 

 heat them; this will affect their health. Give them just 

 enough food so they will eat it up clean and not have any 

 left. Keep the vermin down. I use lice killing powder on 

 the chickens, and kerosene on the roosts. 



It never pays to half raise a chicken or any kind of an 

 animal. 



If I were starting in the poultry business and were de- 

 layed in getting eggs on account of the cold spring, that 

 would not prevent me getting eggs in June. I would get 

 some eggs from some reliable breeder who has the breed I 

 like best. Everybody has his favorite breed. After the 

 chickens were hatched I would do my utmost to feed them 

 right and keep them free from lice and colds. When fall 

 arrived I would have a fine lot of choice chickens, especially 

 if of the lighter breeds, which will mature in four and one- 

 half to six months and commence laying in five or six 

 months and lay about two hundred eggs per year on about 

 one-halt the feed that it takes for a larger breed. 



R. C. COLLIN. 



A Group of June Chicks Ready to be Fatted for Market, 



HAS NO EXTRA TROUBLE RAISING JUNE CHICKS. 



I will give you my method in hatching and raising June 

 chickens. I give the hen a nest free from chiggers, lice, 

 and mites, and set her where no laying hens can bother her. 



