PROGRESSIVE POULTRY RAISING 



For the best growth and develop- 

 Green ment of chicks another factor is also 



Pood necessary, namely, green food in some 



form. This may consist of mangels, 

 table beets, sprouted oats, lettuce, lawn clippings, or other 

 things which are available at different seasons. The 

 feeding of green food should begin early chicks will eat 

 it as soon as the third or fourth day. If mangels are used 

 they should be cut fine and scattered a little at a time 

 where all the chicks may have a chance to get a taste. 

 As soon as they learn to eat them well the mangels may 

 be sliced and hung on finish nails on the wall. The chicks 

 cannot get too much green food and they should have 

 access to a bountiful supply at all times. 



As soon as the sexes can be distin- 

 Separate guished they should be separated. 



the Sexes Unless the cockerels are to be sold as 



breeders, they should be penned up 

 and heavily fed until they are large enough to be disposed 

 of as broilers weighing \y to ^ l ^ pounds. They will 

 never come nearer to returning a profit that at the broiler 

 age. In some sections where good prices for capons 

 prevail it may pay to caponize the cockerels and grow 

 them out for the holiday market. In most cases, how- 

 ever, the room can be used to better advantage in develop- 

 ing pullets. 



' When the chicks are well feathered 

 Location out and all danger of their needing 



of the Poultry further heat is past, they should be 

 House given quarters supplied with perches 



so located that they can have abun- 

 dant range. Whether it is to be used for old or young 

 stock, the poultry house should be located where the 

 drainage is good and there is an abundance of shade near 

 by. Although the chicken originally came from a very 

 hot country, it was a jungle-dwelling fowl unable to 



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