The Cornell Reading- Courses 



PUBLISHED BY THE 

 NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY 



B. T. Galloway. Dean 



COURSE FOR THE FARM, ROYAL GILKEY. Supervisor 



Entered as second-class matter at the post ofEce at Ithaca, New York 



VOL. IV. No. 88 



MAY 15, 1915 



POULTRY SERIES 

 No. 3 revised 



FEEDING YOUNG CHICKENS 



Clara Nixon^ 



The important objects to be accomplished in the feeding of young 

 chickens are : (i) To bring to maturity or to marketable size and age as 

 large a proportion of the hatch of chicks as possible; (2) to enable 

 the chicks to develop large, strong, well-proportioned frames and good 

 plumage for their variety; (3) to provide for as rapid a growth as is attain- 

 able, at as low a cost as is consistent with other requirements. In the 

 fulfillment of these purposes the following factors must be considered: 

 (i) The eggs must be incubated properly. (2) The chicks must not be 

 left too long in the incubator after the completion of the hatch; they 

 should be removed to a nursery, or a brooder, when they are thirty-six 

 hours old. (3) The chicks must be strong and vigorous when taken from 

 the incubator. (4) They must be properly cared for and skillfully fed. 



ESSENTIALS IN FEEDING 



Cleanliness. — All the pens, the food and water dishes, and everything 

 used about the chicks should be carefully cleaned and disinfected at 



> Revised by H. P. Buchan. 



[1943] 



