A LIVING FROM THE LAND 



This mash is fed to the chicks as soon as they are 

 placed under the brooder stove. It may be placed in 

 hoppers. Let the chicks have all they want to eat; some 

 of the mash should be before them at all times. 



Teach the chicks where to find the warmth by enclosing 

 them for a few days with a J^-inch mesh wire one foot 

 high and set from 10 to 12 inches from the edge of the 

 hover. 



Put some clean grit on bits of cardboard in several 

 places around the hover when the chicks are first brought 

 from the incubator. 



A little sour skim-milk or semi-solid buttermilk, 

 diluted I to 7 in founts should be available from the 

 beginning. 



After the chicks are 60 hours old or when you are 

 sure they are hungry, begin to feed, using cardboard 

 in the same manner as before. Follow the feeding chart. 



Feed little and often. Keep the chicks slightly hungry. 



Watch for dead chicks and remove them as soon as 

 they are noticed. 



Attend to heaters early and late; be sure at all times 

 that they are in good working order. 



Clean out litter, particularly beneath the hover as 

 often as it becomes soiled. 



Induce exercise and keep the youngsters occupied. 



Get them out-of-doors as early as possible, even if only 

 for a few minutes in the warmer part of the day. 



Feed green feed. Feed early and late. Keep the chicks 

 growing. 



Growing Stock Ration. The baby chick mash 

 can be used for feeding the growing birds, 

 omitting the cod liver oil if they are on range. 

 The baby chick grain ration can be used also 



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