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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1912
Page
7
Dennis H. Stovall argues from Oregon that keeping the henhouse clean and using simple roosts, not fancy contraptions, yields better winter eggs with less labor. He contrasts past experiments with ornate nests to the practical saw horse roost pattern.
A maker describes a one half inch pipe from a ceiling bracket to a water dish. A tin can font on a float lever triggers a valve to feed water when the dish drops and stops when the float rises. A coil spring keeps the valve open until the dish refills.
The roosts stand about three feet high and accommodate at least a dozen fowls each without crowding. Placed side by side for cleanliness, they are removable for easy cleaning with lime emulsion or lye. A smooth board floor aids thorough cleaning and twice weekly house care. The next boxes are removable for complete straw changes with burning of the old straw.
The article notes late hatches face heat and insects but can match early outcomes with good care. For August hatches, set hens or incubators to have chicks emerge in September. Early fall cockerels grow fast and suit winter use, while pullets may delay laying but start next spring and continue all next summer, ensuring continuous egg supply.
The lustration shows a handy coop style for poultry keepers. It can be made in sizes from 2x3 to 4x5 feet or larger. The smaller coop serves a hen and brood, while the larger accommodates more birds.
A brooder colony house is planned to house 100 chicks in three yard sections of 11 by 7 feet or 1 by all-inch strips with one-inch mesh wire. Top netting will deter cats and intruders and the coop and yard are to be moved weekly to fresh ground.
A 19th century home remedy advises saving bacon grease and dipping fowls in warm water with melted grease to shed feathers, promote moulting, and kill vermin. The process, done quickly head under water and repeated, aims to produce healthier birds for winter with fewer pests and easier feather regrowth.
Brooding guidance notes that kindness prevents losses, advises a balanced ration of about one third cracked cane seed, and suggests daily or bi daily sand on the brooder floor to ensure good health and minimal bowel trouble.
Advice lists vermin breeding faster in warm weather and urges thorough disinfection of henhouses brooders and coops with liquid disinfectant. It recommends dusting fowls and chicks with lice powder to control infestation.
Polling notes advise pullets hatched in March should lay now and hens set in August will produce February chicks. Warm weather accelerates vermin growth and filth hurts profits, so improve ventilation and cleanliness. Broodiness can rest naturally. remove cockerel only ten days after. Two essentials for summer chicks are fresh air and sun protection.
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