FEEDING CHICKS FROM HATCHING TO WEANING 



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b Cracked wheat 30 pounds 



Cracked corn 30 pounds 



Granulated oat meal 20 pounds 



Feed one of the above mixtures three times a day. Twice 

 a day give one of the following mashes: 

 a Equal parts, by weight, of finely ground corn, bran and 



shorts, mixed crumbly with sour milk, 

 b Hard-boiled eggs, mixed shell and all with four times 



their weight of dry bread crumbs, 

 c Johnnycake One pint corn meal, one-half pint bran, one 

 teaspoonful meat meal, one egg, one teaspoonful soda; 

 mix with one-half pint of water and bake two hours. 

 Crumble this when feeding. 



Give for succulent feed, when they cannot run outside, 

 finely chopped lettuce, a piece 'of potato, turnip, or beet. 



Ration No. 10 Purdue Experiment Station Ration 



SCRATCH MIXTURE: 



Fine cracked corn 2 pounds 



Cracked wheat 2 pounds 



Steel cut oats 2 pounds 



This is fed five times a day for the first week. After 

 that the following mash is given at first twice a day, but 

 after the chicks become accustomed to it, it is kept before 

 them all the time: 



Bran 2. pounds 



Shorts 2. pounds 



Corn meal 2. pounds 



Ground bone 8 pound 



Charcoal 15 pound 



Green feed, grit, and skim milk in abundance. Either 

 sprouted oats or chunks of sod used as green feed. As the 

 chicks approach weaning age cracked corn and whole wheat 

 are gradually substituted for the fine mixture. 



Ration No. 11 Oklahoma Experiment Station Ration 



For the first few days give five times a day a mash of 

 hard-boiled eggs mixed with a little bran and charcoal. 

 After the first few days give two or three times a day the 

 following: 



SCRATCH MIXTURE: 



Cracked wheat : 10 pounds 



Fine cracked corn 10 pounds 



Steel cut oats 10 pounds 



As the chicks grow older substitute for the egg mash 

 this dry mash: 



Bran 10 pounds 



Shorts 10 pounds 



Corn meal 5 pounds 



Meat scrap 5 pounds 



Charcoal 2% pounds 



Feed sour milk if available, giving the chicks all they 

 ill consume. 



For succulent feed give sprouted grain, steamed alfalfa, 

 cabbage, or mangels. 



Ration No. 12 Missouri University Ration 

 MIXED FEED: 

 Rolled oats 16 pounds 

 Bread crumbs 16 pounds 

 Boiled egg 2 pounds 



Bone meal 1 pound 



Run these through a meat chopper, cut very fine and 

 feed five times daily on a feeding board. Continue this for 

 a week, giving sour milk or buttermilk in addition to water 

 to drink. For a scratch mixture give a good chick feed. 

 After a week or ten days substitute for the above mixture 

 this dry mash: 



Bran 10 pounds 



Middlings 10 pounds 



Corn meal 10 pounds 



Fine meat scrap 5 pounds 



A handful of bone meal to a pail of feed. 

 After the first week green feed such as cabbage, let- 

 tuce, etc., should be fed. The dry mash is kept always be- 

 fore the chickens, and one feed of the same mash moistened 

 is given daily about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. When the 

 chicks are three or four weeks old coarser grains such as 

 wheat, cracked corn, and kafir corn may be substituted for 

 the chick feed. 



Ration No. 13 Manitoba Agricultural College Ration 



First feed Bread soaked in milk, pressed dry, mixed 

 with hard-boiled egg and a little finely cut onion tops. Give 

 chick feed, scattered in litter or on the ground five times a 

 day, or in place of this wheat screenings and finely cracked 

 corn. After two weeks give this dry mash: 



Corn meal 10 pounds 



Low grade flour 10 pounds 



Bran 10 pounds 



Meat scrap 3 pounds 



A little bone meal and powdered charcoal. 

 Feed this dry in a pan or trough twice a day. If desired 

 this mash may be used from the time the chicks are put 

 in the hover. If milk is available give in a drinking fountain. 



Ration No. 14 Michigan Experiment Station Ration 



SCRATCH MIXTURE: 



Millet 1 pound 



Kafir corn 1 pound 



Cracked wheat 2 pounds 



Cracked corn 2 pounds 



Pinhead oatmeal 2 pounds 



Feed this scratch feed several times a day, in thin litter 

 at first, gradually increasing the depth of the litter as the 

 chicks grow until it is four or five inches deep. With thig 

 give, either moist or dry, the following mash: 



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Granulated milk 1 pound 



Corn meal 1 pound 



Bran 2 pounds 



If sweet skim milk is obtainable the bran and meal 

 may be fed dry, the milk given as drink. 



Ration No. 15 North Carolina Experiment Station Ration 



SCRATCH MIXTURE: 



Cracked wheat 2 pounds 



Fine cracked corn 1 pound 



Oat meal l pound 



Millet 1 pound 



Feed four times a day, supplementing with one feed 

 of Johnnycake, baked thoroughly and then crumbled with 

 boiled egg in the proportions of one part egg to four of 

 johnnycake. After two weeks substitute a dish of meat 

 scrap for the bread and egg. Continue the fine grain mix- 

 ture until the chicks will readily eat the larger grain as 

 fed to fowls. If the chicks have all the milk they will drink 

 the meat scrap may be omitted. 



Ration No. 16 Montana Experiment Station Ration 



SCRATCH MIXTURE: 



Cracked wheat 15 pounds 



Fine cracked corn 15 pounds 



Fine cracked peas 15 pounds 



Cracked barley (bald) 10 pounds 



Broken rice 2 pounds 



Chick gilt 5 pounds 



Oyster shell (fine) 5 pounds 



Crushed bone (fine) 5 pounds 



Fine charcoal 2 pounds 



For the first two days the chicks are given only a little 

 dry bran, in shallow pans, five times a day. After the sec- 

 ond day two of the feeds of bran are replaced with the 

 above mixture. Beginning with the third week the amount 

 of this is much increased, and the chicks are also allowed 

 free access to the following dry mash kept in hoppers: 



Bran 10 pounds 



Corn meal 10 pounds 



Barley meal 10 pounds 



Ground oats 10 pounds 



Shorts 10 pounds 



Meat scraps 10 pounds 



Salt 20 ounces 



Until out on range the chicks should have sprouted oats. 

 Water, oyster shell, grit, and charcoal are kept before them 

 all the time. 



Ration No. 17 Oregon Agricultural College Ration 



a First feed Rolled oats, or bread crumbs soaked in 

 milk, or finely cracked wheat and corn. For the first day 

 keep the rolled oats, or whatever is fed, before them all 

 the time, but after they have learned to eat, better results 

 will be obtained by feeding four or five times a day all they 

 will clean up in a short time. Cheaper feeds may be sub- 

 stituted after the first few days. Cracked corn or cracked 

 wheat, or both, should form the basis of the grain ration. 

 The chicks must also have animal feed, green feed, and grit. 

 Skim milk is hardly concentrated enough to furnish the 

 necessary animal feed. Milk is . better fed clabbered, or 

 made into cottage cheese. A daily feed of wet mash is ben- 

 eficial; good results, however, are obtained by the use of 

 dry feeds alone, if the chicks are well supplied with green 

 feed. 



b First day give milk to drink preferably sour milk 

 unless it is certain that sweet milk will be regularly avail- 

 able. The morning of the second day start feeding a grain 

 mixture as follows: 



Fine cracked corn 7 pounds 



Steel cut oats 2 pounds 



Cracked wheat 1 pound 



If the other grains are not available corn alone may 

 be used, or to secure variety a good grade of commercial 

 chick feed. Feed the grain five times daily, keeping the 

 chicks a little hungry until the last feed at night, when 

 they should have all they can eat. If infertile eggs are 

 available they may be soft boiled and mixed with bran to a 

 crumbly mixture, and fed once or twice a day in place of 

 grain, preferably about noon, giving as much as they will 

 clean up in fifteen minutes. As soon as they have learned 

 to scratch for the grain, increase the depth of the litter in 

 which it is fed. Feed green feed once daily. Keep fine grit 

 and granulated bone always before them in hoppers. In 

 the second week gradually reduce the number of grain feeds 

 until they are getting only three a day; and substitute for 

 the bran a mash as follows: 



Bran 3 pounds 



Snorts or middlings '. 2 pounds 



Keep this before them in hoppers. Moist ma--.h may be 

 substituted for the noon grain feed if desired. If milk, is 

 not available add 12 per cent of meat scrap to the mash. 



Ration No. 18 Washington Agricultural College Ration 



SCRATCH MIXTURE: 



Any standard chick feed, or the following home mixture: 

 Cracked corn, milo ihaize, or 



Egyptian corn 4 pounds 



Steel cut oats 4 pounds 



Cracked wheat 1 pound 



Cracked peas 1 pound 



Feed every two hours altern." ling with the grain feed: 



Oat flakes 1 pound 



Boiled egg % pound 



Chick grit or sand 4 tablespoons 



Charcoal 4 tablespoons 



