so First Food. , 



require no food for many hours, even four- 

 and twenty, should it be necessary to keep 

 them so long from the hen. The whole 

 brood being hatched, the hen is to be placed 

 under a koop abroad, upon a dry spot, and, 

 if possible, not within reach of another hen, 

 since the chickens will mix, and the hens 

 are apt to maim or destroy those which do 

 not belong to them. Nor should they be 

 placed near numbers of young fowls, which 

 are likely to crush young chicks under their 

 feet, being always eager for the chickens' 

 meat. 



The FIRST FOOD, split grits, afterwards 

 tail wheat ; all watery food, soaked bread, 

 or potatoes, improper. Eggs boiled hard, 

 or curd chopped small, much approved, as 

 first food. Their water should be pure and 

 often renewed, and there are convenient 

 pans made in such forms, that the chickens 

 may drink without getting into the water, 

 which often, by wetting their feet and fea- 

 thers, numbs and injures them ; a bason 

 whelmed in the middle of a pan of water, 

 will answer the end; the water running 



