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the edges of the brooder. It is better to give too much than 

 not enough. 



9. If the chicks have bowel disease, and become "clogged," 

 they have at some time been chilled. If bowel disease is more 

 prevalent among those chicks which are shooting out feathers 

 very rapidly, it indicates that a meal of chopped raw meat is 

 needed once a day, as the debility occurs from the lack of suf- 

 ficient nitrogenous matter to produce the feathers. The young 

 of all birds require animal food until they are feathered, and 

 chicks are no exception. 



10. Give water in vessels so contrived that the chicks can 

 wet no portion of the body. Dampness is fatal. Warm 

 water should be used at all times if possible. 



it. Hard-boiled eggs will cause bowel disease ; but a raw egg 

 mixed with the food for 25 chicks, three times a week, will in- 

 vigorate them. 



12. Adult fowls and chicks should never be in the same 

 building, as lice always come from the adults to the chicks. 



13. Never allow chicks in the open air in damp weather until 

 they are a month old, and not then unless they are strong and 

 active. 



14. Dorkings, Leghorns, Games and Houdans require more 

 animal food when very young than Brahmas, Cochins, Ply- 

 mouth Rocks and Wyandottes, and they begin to feather 

 earlier. 



15. The chicks that appear almost naked until well grown, 

 are usually easy to raise, as they do not feather fast enough to 

 become debilitated. 



16. The cross of Wyandotte or Plymouth Rock cock with 

 Brahma and Cochin hens, produce hardy chicks that grow 

 rapidly and large ; but the most breast meat and plumpest car- 

 casses are produced by crossing Dorking, Game or Leghorn 

 cocks with hens of any of the larger breeds. 



17. Contrary to claims against the cross, one of the best 

 crosses for broilers is the Brown Leghorn with the Brahma 

 or Cochin. The carcass has a plump breast, and yellow legs 



