June, 1912 
CARING FOR THE PULLETS 
By E. I. FARRINGTON 
EE order to have pullets begin laying early 
next winter, they must be kept growing 
rapidly throughout the Summer months. 
No one has a right to expect that he can 
neglect his chickens in hot weather and 
atone for this neglect in the Fall by forcing 
his birds. The plan will not work and will 
prove an expensive one to try. 
If, on the other hand, the April hatched 
chicks are subjected to no setbacks, the 
pullets will naturally commence laying in 
October or November and continue laying 
through the winter season. 
To have the pullets develop properly, 
they should have as large a range as can 
be given them, with shelter from the hot 
sun and with plenty of fresh, cool water to 
drink. Likewise, they should receive a 
liberal and nourishing growing ration, al- 
though such a one need not be at all compli- 
cated. Green food will be required; but if 
a wide range is given, the birds will find 
their own green food, consuming a large 
amount of grass and weeds. If they have 
access to the vegetable garden, they will 
feast on the owner’s pet crops, so that fenc- 
ing either the chickens or the garden is 
most necessary. 
When plenty of grass land is available, 
there is no better plan than to place the 
birds in coops or colony houses and give 
them free range as soon as the brooding 
age is over, which will be when the chicks 
are from two to three weeks old, depending 
upon the breed; in any case, when they are 
well feathered out, so that heat is no longer 
necessary. 
It is well to have these colony houses or 
coops on runners, so that they may fre- 
quently be moved a few feet to a new loca- 
tion. Such a plan obviates the necessity 
for cleaning out the houses at all, and the 
grass will quickly grow again. They should 
not be built with floors if the location is a 
dry one, for the birds will spend the nights 
on the ground at first and seem to do bet- 
ter when in contact with mother Earth. At 
any rate, the ground is cool in hot weather. 
On most plants where chickens are fat- 
tened for market, no perches are used in 
the colony houses, as they are thought 
to sometimes cause crooked breastbones. 
There is little danger of this, though, if the 
first perches are made several inches wide, 
and it is well to let the pullets begin to 
roost as soon as they desire to do so, when 
they are being raised for layers. Naturally, 
it is well to place the perches only a few 
inches above the ground at first. 
A little more work is required when 
poultry is being raised on a limited area 
than when free range is given. It is a good 
plan to confine the chickens in small yards 
made of poultry netting and covered with 
this material so that they cannot fly out. 
One end of the yard may be covered with 
an A-shaped roof which will give shelter 
from rain and sun. When such a pen can 
be located on a grass plot it may be moved 
the width of the pen each day, so that the 
grass will not be worn down, while the 
birds will have a liberal supply. 
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