THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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IN BLACK AND WHITE FROM WHITE 
A Profitable Hen. 
How would you breed, house, feed and care 
for a hen of one of the best laying breeds, to 
obtain the largest egg production at the most 
profit? w. H. J. 
This is rather a comprehensive ques¬ 
tion; in fact, it is the poultry business in 
a nutshell, and could not be answered 
completely in the columns of The R. 
N.-Y. Breeding is well placed first, as 
the best of care and feed will not show 
much profit if the flock has been weak¬ 
ened by inbreeding or lack of feeding. 
In selecting your breeding flock, look 
first for vitality; get the active, vig¬ 
orous birds. Never breed from an un¬ 
dersized bird, because of fine color or 
markings (this does not refer to breed¬ 
ing for show birds). The house must 
be tight, dry, well ventilated, no drafts, 
sunny, and warm; in other words, com¬ 
fortable for the hen, and it should be 
handy for the one who cares for them 
so as to reduce the labor to the lowest 
possible item. The feed should be mixed 
grains scattered in plenty of litter morn¬ 
ing and night, and a hot mash at noon 
composed of corn, wheat, oats and beef 
scraps, with green bone and vegetables, 
if you have them. The care comprises 
keeping down the parasites; keeping the 
houses clean; water always fresh; shell 
and grit boxes full, and a place to dust 
themselves in; the litter must be changed 
and kept from getting damp and sticky. 
A good poultry book like “The Business 
Hen” will answer this question much 
more fully than I can in the space T he 
R. N.-Y. can spare me. 
It is time now our hens were selected 
for our breeding pens. Of course we do 
this partially in the Fall, when we shut 
up our hens for the Winter, but no one 
can pick out all the good ones when 
the hens are moulting. It is always a 
good plan to put several hens extra in 
each pen of breeders when we mate them, 
and then after they quiet down and get 
used to their house and show their in¬ 
dividualism we find some to cull out. 
By starting early we get our pens in fine 
shape before their eggs are wanted, and 
do not have to disturb them when they 
should be let alone. 
hirst, select mature birds. Don’t breed 
from pullets, as it is certain to hurt 
the flock in the long run, even if it is 
not seen the first year. Select for vi¬ 
tality, and get the active birds, as they 
are the layers, not the stupid ones that 
are sitting around. Use the Standard 
of Perfection, but don’t worship it or 
bow down to it. I mean, don’t breed 
from a weakling, even if he has all the 
markings just where the Standard says 
they should be, and don’t discard a big 
strong bird because the comb has more 
points, or the under color is deeper than 
what the Standard says should be there. 
I know the fanciers say this is “heresy.” 
But if you are after a flock of egg pro¬ 
ducers you can’t afford to swallow the 
Standard except in limited doses, diluted 
with two parts common or horse sense. 
Don’t try to prevent your breeding stock 
from laying if they want to; in fact, it 
is a sign of good health in a hen to lay, 
and an old hen will not lay enough to 
hurt during the Winter unless coddled 
or forced, which she should not be. 
The houses for breeding stock should 
be built with scratching sheds, and 
should be open most of the time, except 
in extreme weather, as fresh air is a ne¬ 
cessity to health and to fertile eggs. We 
make no change in feed except to give 
the breeders more green cut bone, and, 
if possible, green food, such as beets or 
turnips or cabbage. We think an egg full 
of vitality is half the battle of rearing 
the chicks. Let your breeders have plenty 
of room for exercise, and not over 20 
hens to a cock for the Mediterraneans, 
or 15 of the heavier breeds. 
Leg Weakness in Hens. 
We have a few mixed hens, and among 
them are some Brahmas. All have been do¬ 
ing well, and most of them are laying, but it 
seems that the Brahmas are troubled all at 
once with some sort of leg weakness. They 
sit down and cannot get up. Their joints 
are not swollen, and we do not think that it 
is rheumatism. They are apparently in good 
health, their combs are red, and one now sick 
as above is laying in the box where she is. 
We are feeding in the morning wheat or bran 
in the litter; at 11 o'clock mash made of 
bran, middlings, corn meal, animal meal, beef 
scraps and some sort of cooked vegetables; 
at 3 P. M. whole corn in tile litter. Grit, 
charcoal and clean water is always before 
them. Kindly advise us if we are making 
any mistake in feeding, or if there is any 
other way to cure or prevent the trouble. We 
are starting in the poultry business, and try¬ 
ing to mane use of the chickens we have, but 
intend to start iu a straight, clean breed. 
Wilton, Conn. h. c. if. 
Tn this case the feed seems to be all 
right, and the trouble looks like rheuma¬ 
tism, which may come from the house 
being damp, and in this case the remedy 
is to dry out their house and give plenty 
of sunlight, fresh air and exercise. Of 
course if the trouble comes from a lack 
of vitality, through inbreeding or any 
other cause generations back, it cannot 
be helped now. floyd q. white. 
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