Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1912 — Chicken Chat [ARTICLE]

Chicken Chat

Watch the chickens during the hot weather. Give them plenty of fresh air and pure water. Keep thfm free from lice, and the coops free from mites. Better let the chickens roost in the trees, than be roosts for the bloodsucking mite. v • If a bird is out of condition, separate it from the flock. If any apparently suffer from a similar disorder, loqjk up the cause and remedy it. Better feed a number of grains than only one. Wheat is the best single grain fed to chickens, but they do better with more variety. It is well for a neighborhood to cooperate in improving the quality of their poultry. Your neighbor’s chickens may have more influence on yours than you like.