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THE HENYARD 
Frozen Comb. 
February 2 I received two cockerels 
sent from a distance. One of them was 
all right and one had his comb frozen 
so badly that the top has come off, and 
it must have been in that condition when 
sent, as it was past the swollen stage 
•iml was all black when I received them. 
They came by express, only being about 
23 hours on the road. The cockerel may 
be all right to breed from and he may 
not. What is your opinion? 
MKS. F. W. O. 
While a frozen comb does not injure 
a cockerel for breeding purposes after the 
soreness has gone, it would be more fair 
upon the part of the breeder to mention 
this injury to a prospective customer be¬ 
fore shipping the bird. Temporarily, it 
is a damage to the fowl, and from the 
standpoint of appearance, a permanent 
injury. Good business judgment, at 
least, would suggest that no chance of 
dissatisfaction on this account should be 
taken by a breeder who has stock for sale. 
M. B. D. 
Black Feathers in White Wyandottes, 
Last year I bought 100 Barron White 
Wyandotte eggs, paying $18 for them. 
Now I find that some of the birds have 
a black or dark feather on them. I am 
perfectly satisfied with them, as they are 
great layers, but am I justified in selling 
them as White Wyandottes? I have 
found the same thing happen with White 
Leghorns, and was “dad when the Hope 
Farm man explained the matter. What 
is the explanation of the dark feather in 
the Wyandotte? I have no other Wyan¬ 
dottes on the place, in fact have raised 
nothing but White Leghorns until last 
year, when I bought these Wyandotte 
eggs. M. L. 
M. L.’s Wyandottes are all right prob¬ 
ably. Every breeder of Wyandottes has 
the same trouble, if he breeds any number 
of them, and the singular thing is that 
the whitest birds are most apt to have 
the black feathers. Those that are 
“brassy” or creamy white are not nearly 
so apt to have black feathers in their 
plumage. In the neck hackle there will 
sometimes be "found small black stripes; 
this is called “ticking,” and does not dis¬ 
qualify a bird in the show-room, but it is 
cut as a defect. The White Wyandotte, 
indeed all the Wyandottes, are a com¬ 
paratively new made breed and the pig¬ 
mented blood of some of the breeds from 
which it was made, still crops out occa¬ 
sionally. But there is not much of that 
black pigment in the blood. If the black 
feathers are pulled out, nine times out of 
10 a ■white feather will grow in its place. 
The chicks of White Wyandottes come 
blue slate color, brown slate color, as well 
as white, and the slate-colored chicks will 
often make the whitest grown birds. 
GEO.. A. COSGROVE. 
Sneezing Hens. 
1 have some Barred Plymouth Rock 
hens that seem to have colds; they are 
constantly sneezing. Will permanganate 
of potash in their drinking water aid 
them? They are not sick in any other 
way, and some that are affected are lay- 
iug. so I cannot think it is very serious. 
Massachusetts. H. N. 
This sneezing should be a warning to 
you to guard the fowls from dampness or 
drafts that might permit the slight colds, 
to become more serious. This does not 
mean to shut them up tightly, but if any¬ 
thing, to give them more fresh air. The 
fresh air should not blow upon them, 
however, particularly when on their 
perches, and the ventilation of their quar¬ 
ters should be such as to prevent them 
from becoming unduly damp. Permanga¬ 
nate of potash is the universally recom¬ 
mended remedy for this condition, given 
in their drinking water; a drop or two of 
In rosene injeceted into each nostril is 
believed to be valuable by many poultry- 
nen. Good hygienic conditions are of 
first importance, though, and in most 
'oses of slight colds are all that is neces¬ 
sary to effect a cure. M. B. D. 
Sour Crop. 
Will you tell us what to do for our 
hens that have enlarged pendulous crops, 
and if it is contagious, as more seem to 
he getting it? When held up by the feet 
bad smelling water will run from their 
mouths. They have had free range all 
Winter, with corn as their principal feed; 
have grit and shell before them. We 
have been using permanganate of potash 
in the drinking water quite a good deal. 
T. H. R. 
This trouble is due to catarrhal in- 
fiammation of the crop and is sometimes 
known as “sour crop.” Irritating and im¬ 
proper food, decayed meat, over disten¬ 
sion of the crop with indigestible stuff, 
such as may be picked up on free range, 
and possibly too exclusive a diet of corn 
may lie behind the trouble. The trouble 
is not contagious, but as all members of 
the flock are exposed to the same condi¬ 
tions many may acquire it. For individ¬ 
ual treatment, empty the crop by holding 
the bird head downward while gently 
manipulating the crop, and then give 
water to which a little soda has been 
added. Confine the affected birds where 
they cannot pick up indigestible or im¬ 
proper food and feed them upon soft food 
until they recover. See that the flock has 
not had access to some poisonous sub¬ 
stance about the premises. M. B. D. 
Cinders for Hens. 
If hens eat the cinders from the rail¬ 
road engines will it interfere with their 
laying? w. M. 
Delaware. 
No, these cinders ought to help them to 
lay eggs, if they lack the supply of grit 
needed to aid in grinding their food, and 
the fact that they eat cinders would indi¬ 
cate that you are not supplying them 
with grit in any other form. There is. 
of course, no food in the cinders, and so 
far as I know, nothing that is harmful. 
M. B. D. 
Deformed Chicks. 
What is the cause of newly hatched 
chicks having crooked toes or being lame? 
I recently completed an incubator hatch 
of chicks, and several of them have badly 
deformed feet. Another is lame and can¬ 
not walk. I was told it was caused by 
not turning eggs, but as I turned these 
most assiduously twice daily, it hardly 
seems to be the explanation. ii. \v. 
South Carolina. 
Deformed incubator chicks are very 
common, few, if any large hatches being 
free from them. These deformities have 
been attributed to various causes within 
the control of the operator, but without 
reason, so far as I know. The young of 
all 'animals are subject to defects in de¬ 
velopment and malformations, and if 
chickens are more so in proportion to 
their numbers, I am not aware of it. 
These defects are certainly not peculiar 
to incubator hatched chicks, but on ac¬ 
count of the greater numbers hatched to¬ 
gether, they are more noticeable in arti¬ 
ficial hatches. m. b. d. 
Condition After Roup. 
What has been your experience in re¬ 
gard to selling or eating fowls which 
have been cured, temporarily, of roup? 
P. ai. 
I know of no reason why a fowl that 
has been cured of roup and evidences 
that cure by absence of all symptoms of 
the disease and acquirement of good con¬ 
dition in flesh and feather should not be 
eaten, and if the owner is willing to eat 
it, doubtless he can with good conscience 
sell it to others for food. Anyone who 
would sell a sick fowl, or one that is 
nearly sick, for food, would deserve 
something more severe in the way of con¬ 
demnation than would be likely to be in¬ 
flicted by his own evidently undeveloped 
conscience. m. B. D. 
Floor for Henhouse. 
Which is better, to build a wall and 
floor for a chicken pen 100x16 feet with 
concrete, or on posts with a board floor, 
or on a concrete wall with dirt floor 
where the ground is gravelly and low? 
Pennsylvania. e. M. h. 
If the ground is well drained, a con¬ 
crete wall and dirt floor would be cheaper 
than a board floor upon posts, and if 
kept clean, equally satisfactory. As the 
surface dirt has to be renewed from time 
to time, however, extra labor is entailed 
and a full concrete floor would be better. 
Everything considered, a concrete floor is 
probably the best for a poultry house and 
is to be advised. Two inches of concrete 
over a solid, well-drained, foundation of 
field stones is not expensive, and is 
sufficiently strong, not having to support 
a greater weight than that of a man. 
M. B. I). 
Where do they 
get their feathers ? 
Their bone ? Flesh ? 
These have to develop from one source —their feed. 
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