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How I Handle Baby Chicks 
MILK CANS 
Avoiding Common Chick Troubles That Cause Losses 
FIND that incuba- By MRS. A. C. 
tors are the most 
satisfactory way to hatch chicks. I 
have tried the old way with hens, but 
observed that when hens were laying 
they would not set, and when they 
were setting they would not lay. By 
the time the hens wanted to set, I 
found that they were my best breeding 
stock, but, of course, could not use their 
eggs. The small incubator (144-egg 
size) I find the most suitable for my¬ 
self. They are easily handled, and not 
so heavy work as the large size. I 
have two, and have been using them 
seven years. I have had no record- 
breaking hatches, but what hatches I 
do get are strong, healthy, vigorous 
chicks—the weaklings are all culled in 
the hatch. 
I use hens for the brooding stage, 
giving each hen about 20 chicks at the 
start. In about a week or 10 days, 
according to their development and the 
weather, then a hen can take care of 
more. I used artificial brooding four 
years, but since trying this way, I find 
it more satisfactory. I do not know 
why, but I notice the chicks become 
more natural by being with a nice, 
motherly old hen, and they soon learn 
to get to shelter should a rain come up. 
On rainy days they come out only be¬ 
tween showers. I use colony houses 6 
by 16 for brooding, and as they get 
larger move them into the regular 
house, which is 15 by 50. 
A Novel Feeding Practice 
As to feed, anyone may get the 
formulas for mixing the dilferent ra¬ 
tions from any of the State experi¬ 
ment stations. There are several ready- 
mixed feeds for poultry on the market, 
but I prefer my own mixing. I have 
tried many different kinds of feeds and 
formulas, and from them have evolved, 
a formula of my own, which is very 
satisfactory. 
When the chicks are 10 or 12 weeks 
old, instead of keeping on with the 
growing ration, I change to the laying 
ration. I figured that if a ration is 
good for laying hens it must also be 
good for growing birds and also de¬ 
velop the egg-producing organs. When 
they are put in the house for the win¬ 
ter for laying purposes, about October 
1, it is too late for me to start the lay¬ 
ing ration. I want them in shape, then, 
to start work.' 
In the past years I thought, also, 
that there must be at least a foot of 
litter in the house during the winter, 
or the birds would get no exercise, and 
get fat and lazy. Now, I think if a 
hen must expend all her energy scratch¬ 
ing all day long to get enough to sat¬ 
isfy her appetite, she has no resources 
from which to produce eggs. There¬ 
fore, I keep enough dry litter on the 
floor to protect them from the weather. 
But the main thing with poultry is to 
keep them satisfied and contented, and 
never crowded, thus eliminating danger 
from sickness and disease. 
Some Worth-while Figures 
I know that expert poultrymen will 
say that I am “mad” to follow the 
above method in caring for poultry, but 
if they will peruse, carefully, the fol¬ 
lowing expense account they will at 
least concede that “there is method in 
my madness.” On April 10, 1922^ I had 
hatched 100 White Wyandotte chicks; 
May 12, 1922, 140 White Plymouth 
Rock chicks. Of this bunch I raised 
to maturity 210 birds, the others being 
destroyed by varmints. I began mar¬ 
keting cockerels October 10, and by 
December 1, I had sold 100 for $240; 
used 10 for our table and have 100 pul¬ 
lets now. The Wyandotte pullets started 
laying September 1. The Rock pul¬ 
lets started November 1. Expenses, 
cost of eggs, expenses of running incu¬ 
bators, actual cost of feed to Decem¬ 
ber 1, $235; cost of feed December, 
January and February, $113.50; total, 
$348.60. 
Marketing 100 cockerels, $240; 50 
dozen eggs, September and October, 
$25; 35 dozen eggs, November, $21; 85 
dozen eggs, December, 1922, $59.50; 
115 dozen eggs, January, 1923, $80.60; 
110 dozen to February 22, 1923, $77. 
Total receipts, $603. Total expenses, 
$348.50, and profit, $154.50, over the 
UMOSELLE actual cost of feed for 
my season’s labor, and 
100 laying pullets free of encum¬ 
brance. Until three years ago, when 
prices began to soar, I allowed 10 per 
cent depreciation on the incubator, but 
then I raised it to 15 per cent, so now 
(theoretically) they have depreciated 
100 per cent. But practically they have 
paid all charges, and I have two good 
incubators, clear, thus lessening the 
cost of production for the coming years. 
TREATING CHICKS FOR GAPES’ 
ELMER WHITTAKER 
The wet spring season of the year is 
the time when they are most trouble¬ 
some if they bother at all. They are 
found almost entirely upon heavy clay 
soils, for the reason, that such soils are 
suited to their propagation. The trou¬ 
ble is indicated by an apparent gaping, 
which, in reality, is a gasping for 
breath, caused by a clump of small 
worms lodged in the wind-pipe, and 
sucking blood from its walls at the 
same time. These worms are about the 
size of coarse No. 30 thread, and 
from a half to three-quarters of an 
inch long. 
Infection may take place by the 
swallowing of the worms or their eggs 
in food or water. Their eggs have 
been found in earth worms, or angle 
worms, as they are commonly called, 
and are supposed to infest the soil or 
litter of yards, old wood-piles, and 
trash. The infection is much more 
troublesome where chickens have been 
raised for years without the soil hav¬ 
ing been turned, or anything raised 
upon it. This is especially the case 
upon heavy soils. It usually comes on 
when the chicks are from four to eight 
weeks old, and takes the weaker ones 
first. Many of the stronger ones are, 
no doubt, infested, but have the 
strength to throw it off and outgrow it. 
Other Symptoms 
Symptoms besides gaping include 
convulsive shaking of the head, a con¬ 
tracted neck, closing of the eyes, 
drooped wings, roughened plumage, 
and a weak, staggering walk. Treat¬ 
ment should consist in separating the 
infected fowls from the rest of the 
flock or brood, and keeping them in 
dry, warm, disinfected quarters. 
To remove the worms from the 
windpipe is a delicate operation, and 
requires deft, nimble fingers to d<) it 
successfully, for it must be done quick¬ 
ly when once begun. 
A stiff hair from the tail of a horse 
should be provided, doubled and 
twisted, leaving a small loop at end 
just large enough to pass down the 
opening of the wind-pipe. Hold the 
mouth open with the fingers so you can 
readily see the upper end of the wind¬ 
pipe, and when it opens, insert your 
loop and run it down the pipe, at the 
same time giving it a twist and remov¬ 
ing it. This will generaly entangle the 
worms and bring them out in a clump. 
This operation must he carefully and 
quickly done, or your patient dies in 
your hands. Some are used to dipping 
the hair in turpentine before using. 
Any worms removed should be burned 
at once. 
Another Good Remedy 
Another good plan is to place all the 
affected chicks in a small box, covering 
it with loosely woven burlap and 
sprinkling air-slaked lime on the cloth, 
tapping it lightly to make it sift 
through the cloth, among the chicks. 
This dust is drawn into the trachea 
in the gasping for breath, suffocating 
the worms and causing them to lose 
their hold. Then the sneezing of the 
chick throws them out. There should 
be a burlap covering to the bottom of 
the box, and, after the work is done, all 
should be removed and burned. 
Some claim good results from a drop 
of camphor down the throat. Preven¬ 
tion is the best, and that consists in 
thoroughly spading or plowing all the 
runs over which the chicks work. This 
has a tendency to clean the worms out, 
and they are soon all gone when turned 
up to the sun. The growing of a crop 
on the ground is a good thing. Make 
20-30-40 qt. 
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