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drier it is the better tlie chickens will thrive. Until three weeks old they 

 may be fed five times a day. Feed little and often. 



The evening meal should consist of hulled oats, ground wheat, 

 millet, and, in cold weather, finely ground maize in equal parts. This 

 makes an ideal food and should be scattered about the floor. 



Skim milk will increase the growth of chickens and wonderfuUv assists 

 feather and bone making. There need be little fear in giving them a 

 plentiful supply. 



Green Food. — Add to the morning meal a little raw onion, very 

 finely chopped ; give a little at first and slightly increase quantity 

 graduallv. This will prevent bowel troubles and is absolutelv a preventive 

 of intestinal worms. Onions also act as poison to the gape worm, which 

 lodges in the trachea. 



CHICKEN RUN, HOUSE, AND COOP, SIZE, 50 FT. X 20 FT. 



Animal Food. — Do not attempt to feed animal meal during the first 

 week, and on no account should green cut bone be given \oung chicks. 

 It is difficult to digest and will cause diarrhoea ; preference should be 

 given to sheep's liver or beef scraps gently stewed and cut up very finely. 

 A small supplv of dry bone meal and charcoal in the morning meal is 

 all thev require while in their infancy. 



Fresh Water and Grit Essential. — If giving witer to chickens to 

 drink, care should be taken to have it fresh, and the drinking vessel 

 should be kept thoroughly cleansed. 



If kept in small pens, with a deficiencv of coarse sand, chickens will 

 get digestive disorders. If sand is not available, a good substitute will 

 be found in breaking up cr(5ckery into very fine fragments and scattering 

 amoniTst them. 



It must also be linrne in mind that chicks require plenty of exercise to 

 thrive well. 



Subsequent Care and Feeding. — At the age of* one month, chickens 

 are well able to look after themselves, and it is preferable to place them 

 where thev can have all the range and shelter possible. Place them In 

 small portable houses with no floor under the shade of a pine tree or 

 shrub. These houses mav be mo\-ed when necessarv. 



