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POULTRY WORK FOR FEBRUARY 
Order the eggs for hatching. 
Get out the incubator and clean it. 
Place orders for baby chicks as early as possible. 
Watch out for dampness but give an abundance of fresh air. 
Change the litter if that on the floor has become packed down hard. 
Do not neglect to feed something green or succulent, sprouted oats, 
roots or beet pulp. 
Remember that there must be no lack of water. If away all day, use 
a lamp heated fountain. 
Get a permit written into your insurance policy before starting an 
incubator or brooder in the house or basement. 
Professional poultry keepers rais¬ 
ing roasting chickens have been run¬ 
ning their incubators for some time, 
but the last of February or first of 
March is early enough for the ama¬ 
teur to start his machines. Indeed, 
the middle or last of March is suffi¬ 
ciently early when the smaller breeds 
like Leghorns and Anconas are kept, 
hut eggs from any of the large 
breeds like Cochins and Brahmas 
should be set the latter part of Feb¬ 
ruary. Sometimes there is a temp¬ 
tation to hatch out one’s chickens 
very early, but that is a mistake if 
they are to be grown for the next sea¬ 
son’s layers. Early chicks of the 
smaller breeds are likely to moult in 
the fall, and, furthermore, it is much 
harder to raise them while the 
weather is cold; and the eggs are 
likely to be less fertile early in the 
year. 
In any event, however, the incuba¬ 
tor should be brought out this 
month and prepared for use. If a 
machine is to be purchased, the 
sooner the order is placed the better, 
although the amateur should first 
give careful consideration to his pur¬ 
chase. Incubators advertised at ex¬ 
tremely low prices are seldom re¬ 
liable, but some medium priced ma¬ 
chines do good work, especially 
those of the 200-egg size. The day- 
old chick business, and custom hatch¬ 
ing, have not cut down the demand 
for small machines as much as might 
be expected. They have, on the 
other hand, increased the number 
of poultry keepers. 
When only a few chickens are 
wanted, it is a good plan to buy 
them, if one can be certain of getting 
good stock. Orders should be placed 
as early as possible, for there is al¬ 
ways a big rush in March. Cus¬ 
tom hatching is a great help to the 
amateur who keeps a non-sitting 
breed or does not like to bother with 
broody hens. Eggs to be used for 
hatching should be gathered several 
times a day or they may become 
chilled. 
Dampness must be avoided, hut 
there should be no lack of fresh air. 
A house may he made damp simply 
by keeping it closed too tightly, the 
evidence being found in frost on the 
inside walls. 
It is especially important to have 
the litter always dry. It should not 
be allowed to pack hard either, for 
then the grain will remain on top and 
the hens will not be forced to exer¬ 
cise in order to obtain a meal. Stir¬ 
ring it with a garden fork helps, but 
new litter is likely to be needed this 
month. Probably the amateur who is 
accustomed to buy straw at a high 
price will find it more economical in 
the end, as well as more satisfactory, 
to use one of the prepared litters 
now on the market. Baled shavings 
are cheaper, but not so good to put 
on the garden. 
Coal ashes spread on the dropping 
boards make the latter easier to 
clean. Some coal ashes may also be 
used in the dusting box or even 
thrown into a corner of the house. 
Hens seem to have a fondness for 
coal ashes and eat a considerable 
amount. Wood ashes should not be 
used, as they release the ammonia 
in the manure and also take the gloss 
out of the plumage of birds that dust 
in them. 
Turkeys should be kept indoors 
when there is snow on the ground, 
hut always in houses which are well 
ventilated, although without drafts. 
The litter on the floor of the turkey 
house should be deeper even than 
that in the hen house. Indian Run¬ 
ner ducks are commonly allowed to 
paddle around in the snow, but this 
practice cuts down the number of 
eggs they will lay. Ducks lay early 
in the morning as a rule, and drop 
their eggs wherever they happen to 
be, although they sometimes make 
temporary nests in the litter. Shav¬ 
ings make a better litter than straw 
or hay for ducks, but whatever is 
used, it must he changed very often. 
It is rather hard to keep a duck house 
in a sanitary condition in winter. 
From now until Easter, duck eggs 
will bring fancy prices in many mar¬ 
kets, often selling well above hen 
eggs. 
Some successful poultrymen get 
along without feeding green stuff, but 
the average amateur will find it wise 
to give sprouted oats, roots like 
mangels, cut clover or beet pulp sev¬ 
eral times a week. Beet pulp comes 
from the sugar beet factories in dry 
form and many dealers in poultry 
supplies carry it in stock. It is cheap 
and convenient. 
There must be no lack of water at 
all times, but in freezing weather 
the water receptacles require refilling 
several times a day. Many of the 
patent fountains are not easy to han¬ 
dle in winter and better results are 
obtained when common galvanized 
pails are used. When the poultry 
keeper is to be away all day, he can 
fall back on one of the heated foun¬ 
tains, which keep the water at just 
the right temperature all the time. 
But little attention is required by 
these fountains and the. expense for 
oil is negligible. 
