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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74

Fowls in Confinement

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Fowls in Confinement.

Must have clean water, in clean vessels, kept shaded from the sun; lord and sharp gravel about the size of split peas, or a little larger; lime in some form, as egg-shells, burnt bones crushed, broken up oyster or other shells; green food, such as chopped up grass, green corn, water-cress, sowthistle, or a split mangold; soft food early in the morning, with a little chopped-up meat in it; light mid-day meal of soft food, or table-scraps; grain at night; some place besides the roosting-place for a shelter from cold winds, rain, and sun; a place where they can dust themselves.

A large box, with sand or earth mixed with coal-ashes and a little flour of sulphur, will do for dusting if it be refilled occasionally.

The planks under the roosts should be scraped clean every day, otherwise dry earth should be sprinkled to remove all smell. The house should be washed inside with a mixture of lime and carbolic twice a year. The lords should be examined now and then, and if found lousy dusted with Heating's insect-powder. The nests should be fresh strawed and dusted. If the small hen-house tick be troublesome, wash the roosts and house lath sheep-dip, or kerosene and lime.

Wood charcoal, broken up, should be placed within the birds' reach.