FEEDING FARM POULTRY 



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many kinds and classes of food products selected. 

 It largely depends on the conveniences available, 

 the equipment and on the taste and peculiarities of 

 the attendant. 



It is more risky to feed moist or wet products 

 than dry or crumbly dry ones to young chicks, because 

 of possible digestive disturbances. For this reason dry 



COMBINATION HOPPER FOR FIELD OR YARD USE 



Beneath the hinged roof are compartments for various grains, grit, shell, 

 charcoal, etc. Enough feed is put in these bins to last for several days, 



cracked grain is generally preferred, even though wet 

 mashes are introduced into the feeding plan at a later 

 period. One method is to feed corn bread finely 

 crumbed, five times a day, for the first few days. The 

 bread is made of four parts of coarse corn meal to two 

 parts of wheat bran, mixed with water, or milk, and 

 baked brown. After the use of this for a week, 

 a mixture of finely cracked and small grains is kept 



