A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



use of green onion tops or sprouts. Crumbs 

 and milk, or any moist food, must be fed on 

 a flat plate, shallow galvanized pan, or strip 

 of board, and removed after ten minutes to 

 insure nothing being left to get sour. Dry 

 grains should be scattered on the play room 

 floor to keep the little fellows busy hunting 

 it, the main object being to promote exercise 

 and avoid overloading the crop. 



Should there be any weak chicks in the 

 brood, with pinched, pasty-looking beaks 

 too large for their faces, remove them to a 

 small box and care for them in the house, or 

 have the courage to end their lives in a merci- 

 ful way; for such birds are usually descended 

 from overfat or roupy parents, and are likely 

 to develop consumption or some other disease 

 which may spread through the flock. 



Another chick trouble is diarrhoea. Scald- 

 ing all milk used has a tendency to check 

 this. A rusty nail or a few drops of tincture 

 of iron in the drinking water is also good, 

 as well as being a tonic. Should the drop- 



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