Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1875 — Temper the Wind to the Young Chicks. [ARTICLE]

Temper the Wind to the Young Chicks.

Many are the ways in which, in poultry keeping, little losses are sustained which in the end often amount to comEarative failure. Exposure of young roods to inclement weather is so gross a fault, and is,.so plainly seen to be a losing operation, that a call of attention to care in this regard seems scarcely necessary; yet chicks often suffer from cold and dampness when we little think they do. The present spring lias been cold and backward, and therefore very unfavorable to the rearing of early chicks. In such weather the liens should be kept cooped up, as the chicks will thus be less exposed to cold winds. Often have we been reminded this season that the wind needs tempering to the young chick as well as to the lamb. Close coops are a great protection, and except at times of heavy rains, or in case of danger from rats,' it is most convenient, and just as well for the chicks so far as health - and comfort are concerned, not to use boards for the flooring of the coops. But each day they should be moved a few feet to fresh ground to insure cleanliness and exemption in a great measure from vermin. At times, when the weather is unusually rough, and the chicks stand crying and shivering in the cold, quiet, peace and comfort may be secured by throwing over the coop a scrap of old carpet so as to darken it and cause the hen to brood the chicks as if night had come on.— Prairie Farmer.