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What  is  the  matter  with  my  pullets? 
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bloody.  They  are  six  months  old.  and 
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Reds.  Six  weeks  ago  they  started  to 
molt.  I  noticed  when  they  were  about 
two  months  old  their  droppings  were  not 
right,  and  I  was  advised  to  give  them  a 
proprietary  medicine.  That  does  not  help 
them.  J.  M. 
Maybrook,  N.  Y. 
Rhode  Island  Reds  should  begin  laying 
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they  have  been  properly  developed  from 
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meat  scrap  while  they  were  growing  or 
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you  had  an  ample  supply  of  skim-milk  to 
replace  the  meat  in  the  mash.  Molting 
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changes  in  either  feed  or  methods  of  care, 
and  is  to  be  guarded  against  by  making 
all  necessary  changes  gradually.  I  do  not 
know  the  composition  of  the  proprietary 
mash  about  which  you  inquire,  but  it  is 
much  used,  and  probably  is  a  good  one. 
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to  it.  m.  B.  D. 
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I  have  noticed  several  items  lately 
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a  treatment  which  is  a  sure  cure.  Pen 
the  chickens  up  and  put  drinking  water  in 
open-top  vessel.  In  the  water  put  enough 
crude  oil  to  cover  the  water  on  top.  Do 
not  put  too  much  in,  just  enough  to  see 
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The  use  of  kerosene  in  colds  among 
fowls  is  a  very  old  practice,  some  poultry- 
men  going  about  after  the  fowls  are  on 
their  perches  and  putting  a  drop  or  two 
in  each  nostril  of  a  bird  that  wheezes  and 
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a  “sure  cure”  for  colds,  and  certainly 
should  expect  little  from  it  in  cases  of 
true  roup.  It  is  a  simple,  harmless  rem¬ 
edy,  however,  and  when  administered  as 
suggested  by  .T.  M.  D„  not  at  all  difficult 
to  apply  .  The  idea  is  that  the  fowls, 
when  drinking,  will  necessarily  immerse 
their  bills  in  the  film  of  oil  or  kerosene 
floating  upon  the  water.  Colds  and  roup 
should  not  be  classed  together,  as  though 
one  remedy  would  cure  both.  The  former 
tends  to  recovery,  with  or  without  treat¬ 
ment,  but  true  roup  is  a  much  more  seri¬ 
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I  have  340  White  Leghorn  pullets, 
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tober  21,  1922,  and  continued  to  lay  well 
until  January  1.  Since  then  they  have 
been  dropping  off  in  egg  production.  I 
feed  the  Cornell  mash,  mixed  from  the 
best  feed  I  can  buy ;  grit,  charcoal  and 
oyster  shells ;  scratch  grain  according  to 
Tiie  R.  N.-Y\  I  notice  that  a  good  many 
have  combs  shriveled  up  and  the  feathers 
around  their  necks  are  falling  out.  They 
seem  to  be  happy  enough,  singing  all  the 
time,  but  sit  on  the  roost  a  good  deal  of 
the  time.  Would  you  advise  arranging 
roost  so  they  could  be  taken  out  during 
the  day?  G.  H.  I. 
Cochecton,  N.  Y. 
Perhaps  you  have  made  a  change  in 
ration  or  method  of  feeding  that  has 
checked  egg  production — laying  pullets 
are  very  sensitive  to  any  slight  changes 
made  suddenly — or  perhaps  the  slack  in 
egg  production  is  only  a  natural  fluctua¬ 
tion  on  the  down  slant.  No ;  don’t  move 
their  perches  or  do  anything  else  to  dis¬ 
turb  their  peace  of  mind.  If  your  method 
of  feeding  up  to  January  was  sensible, 
and  I  judge  that  it  was,  continue  it  with¬ 
out  any  unnecessary  change,  and  if  it 
becomes  necessary  to  make  any  change, 
make  it  gradually.  Pullets  are  more  tem¬ 
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said  to  be ;  treat  them  with  the  utmost 
consideration.  M.  b.  d. 
Construction  of  Henhouse 
I  think  of  building  a  hencoop  20x100  ft. 
for  500  hens,  and  would  like  to  know  how 
high  it  should  be  in  rear  and  also  front. 
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right,  with  cement  floor  off  ground  1  ft., 
and  use  cove  siding  on  concrete.  a.  h. 
Gloversville,  N.  Y. 
Nine  feet  in  front  and  5  ft.  in  the  rear 
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