Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 11, Number 7, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 January 1941 — Chickens Need Warmed Water in Winter Months [ARTICLE]

Chickens Need Warmed Water in Winter Months

An egg is 70 per cent water! That is a fact that C. F. Parrish, _ extension poultryman of N C. State college, constantly impresses upon poultry raisers in urging that they provide their flocks with plenty of clean water in convenient fountains. '"“Arrange for some heated water fountains for the flock to use during thiytnld weather. Watei consumption is' greater when the chill is taken ofl\ and the more waiter a hen drinks, the more and the larger her. * eggs,” Parrish added L The also warns that , drafts through openings in the balifc and ends of the laying house should be eliminated by closing siiich cpen- ’ mgs . “Wintei is the tithe to make money from mgg production, when the supply is short.” he said. “There is a surplus of eggs only during about six weeks iri the spring. That leaves about 46 other weeks in the year that our homes and home markets are not amply supplied with eggs. “By selecting chicks of good breeding, and by proper housing and | feeding the farm flock can be managed so as to produce eggs every mpnth in the year.” A