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ESTABLISHING THE POULTRY FLOCK
Anyone wishing to establish a
poultry flock should first consider
the many things necessary in build
ing up a flock. The first thing to
consider is the selection of a good
breed. There are two types of birds
that may be selected according to
their use, they are the meat type
and the laying type. Anyone wish
ing to raise chickens to eat may se
lect the following: Jersey Black
Giants, Brahmas, Cochins, Leghorns,
or Cornish Games. White Leghorns,
Barred Plymouth Rocks, and Rhode
Island Reds are best if you want
them for laying purposes. If you
want birds for both laying and meat
purposes, Barred Plymouth Rocks,
Rhode Island Reds, and New Hamp
shires have been proven best. All
the information about the above
birds has been tested and proven by
Georgia State College of Agriculture.
After selecting your breed and
type, the next thing to consider is the
equipment used in growing the chicks.
In securing the chicks it is best to
get baby chicks rather than eggs to
hatch. The first thing necessary in
the line of equipment is a brooder
and the things that go with it. There
are many kinds of brooders: brock,
kerosene, electric, wood, hot water,
and kerosene lamp. The most com
mon in Georgia is the kerosene lamp
brooder which is cheaper but effi
cient in raising baby chicks. This
brooder can be made for five dollars
or less if you have some of the lum
ber to make it with. The equipment
necessary to operate this brooder is
a kerosene lamp, water and feed
containers, and thermometer. Baby
chicks should be fed from 24 to 48
hours after haching. They should
first be fed starting mash then grow
ing mash until 4 to 4 1-2 months old,
then feed laying mash. Someting to
learn before you get your chicks is
how to combat chick trouble. Most
chick trouble can be controlled if
you know how to properly care for
and combat these diseases such as
pullorum, coccidiosis, Asperigillosis,
common diarrhea, roup and chicken
pox. These diseases are dangerous
to the poultry flock unless properly
controlled. There are other diseases
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but they are minor ones that are not
so harmful. A thorough study of
poultry will enable one to learn much
in caring for chickens.
The Future Farmers of America
all over the country are making a
study of poultry to learn how to es
tablish better flocks. The boys of
the Blakely F. F. A. Chapter in this
effort to learn much about poultry
have purchased 100 baby chicks to be
raised at school, which are now friers.
The F. F. A. boys all over the coun
try are learning much about poultry
so that in the years to come they
will be able to establish better poul
try flocks.
—JAMES COLLIER.
THE RAISING AND
CARING FOR POULTRY
When I entered school for the
1939 term, I took up poultry as one
of my projects in agriculture. I
bought a hundred white leghorn
chicks. I already had my brooder
house built, so I got a brooder. The
heat for baby chicks should be about
ninety degrees for a week or two,
then start bringing it down. You
start chicks off on 2 pounds of
starting mash each, then change to
growing feed and chick grain until
around four months old, then feed
laying mash and grain. Give the
chicks some kind of grit like oyster
shells; they keep the eggs from break
ing easily. The shell ordinarily gets
soft, but the oyster shell makes them
hard. The way to feed is to keep
the feed boxes full all the time and
the water fresh and clean. That is
the way I raised my clficks. There
are other things to be done and to
be learned to do. The best way to
learn is by doing.
—EDGAR PEARSON.
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POULTRY DISEASES
Live stock is one of the most im
portant of farm enterprises, poultry
is one of the most important of live
stock enterprises. Poultry furnishes
eggs and meat at home as well as a
cash income from poultry products.
Poultry requires good care, how
ever, for many diseases occur from
neglect. If good care is given in
buying chicks from eggs produced
from hens of good stock, and in keep
ing house and brooders free from
mites and parasites, and in feeding,
very few chicks are likely to die of
disease.
Some, of the most common diseases
are pullorum, common diarrhea, roup,
and coccidiosis; of these diseases I
will discuss the symptoms, causes and
control.
Pullorum is one of the most costly
diseases that affects chickens. It re
sults in septecemia or blood poison
ing, and it is manifested by loss of
appetite, drooping wings, droppings
are usually pasty white and adhere
to the fowl. The control of this dis
ease is to secure chicks from hens
known to be free of the disease. It
helps to color the drinking water with
potassium permanganate. Keep usual
sanitary precautions.
“A disease that is related to pul
lorum is common diarrhea, but it
is not hereditary. Diarrhea, although
it may not result in heavy mortality,
will retard growth. It may be caus
ed by feeding too soon after hatch
ing, or a change of food. The treat
ment consists of correcting the un
usual feeding conditions. The use of
postassium permanganate in the
water will help.
There are several forms of roup,
recognizable by different symptoms.
Ocular roup affects the eyes, be
ginning as a continuous watering and
developing into a cheesy mass which
covers the eye.
Diphtheritis roup affects the
mouth, an irritation of the mucora
being followed by the formation of
a membrane causing death.
Sinus roup is characterized by
the formation of a yellow mass in
the nasal passages.
The main causes of roup appear
to be chilling, worm infection, im
proper feeding, drafts, dampness and
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crowded quarters. All forms of roup
are contagious and the remedy of the
disease is the isolating binds unless
they are badly infested, in which
case they should be killed and burn
ed. The use of potassium perman
ganate will also help in the control of
this disease.
Coccidiosis is one of the most de
structive of poultry diseases. The
diseased chicks show symptoms of
having serious weakness, a very de
jected appearance and a loss of ap
petite. They have a tendency to
crowd together and to stand in one
place continuously. The head is drawn
closely to the body and the eyes are
closed for a greater part of the time.
The wings are drooped to the side.
In acute cases, a diarrhea is present
and usually the intestinal discharges
are blood-streaked. The mortality
rate is very high. The control con
sists of strict sanitary measures
which will prevent contamination
through the feed. During the time
of the disease out break it is es
pecially beneficial to feed a large
quantity of dry skimmed milk.
—BILLIE SPENCE.
KEROSENE BROODERS
For several years people have
been trying to find away to brood
chickens without building houses and
having too much expense. Until re
cently the kerosene brooder was
built by the State College of Louis
iana and was found to be economical
to build and to operate. The cost
of building a kerosent brooder is
approximately $6.00. The operation
of this brooder requires but very
little time and expense. The coldest
weather requires about 4 gallons of
kerosene for two weeks. The brooder
will brood from 75 to 100 baby chicks.
The F. F. A. boys have made ten
of these brooders this year and have
been successful in raising their chicks.
Including all the F. F. A. boys they
have bought approximately 2,250
baby chicks. Purina Feeds gave the
chapter an electric brooder for buy
ing as many as 2,000 chicks.
—J. D. WILLIS.
The value of poultry and eggs pro
duced in Georgia during the past 15
years has ranged from $9,000,000 to
$22,000,000 each year.
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A PURE-BRED PIG CHAIN IS ESTABLISHED
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Backed by the Blakely Rotary Club, the chapter has established a
pure-bred chain which enables them to acquaint the public with the ne
cessity of owning and raising pure-bred hogs. Above are several of the
boys who participate in this project: Left to right, William Mosely,
Herman Collier, James White, Joel McDowell.
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