CHAPTER XI 



FEEDING AND CAEE OF LITTLE CHICKENS 



IN rearing fowls it will be found that the atten- 

 tion given to little chickens and the manner of feed- 

 ing them are of the greatest importance. While it 

 is difficult and probably impossible to discuss satis- 

 factorily care and feeding separately, yet it may 

 safely be said that care and attention are quite as 

 important as the selection of food. 



One successful poultry-feeder may find it to 

 his advantage to make use of certain foods, while 

 these same foods in the hands of others may be 

 so misused that disappointment will surely result. 

 To further illustrate, one successful poultryman 

 may insist that comparatively little of certain 

 kinds of grains should be fed. Other successful 

 feeders may make a most satisfactory use of these 

 objectionable grains. It is for each one to learn for 

 himself how to feed to the best advantage those 

 foods which are at hand, and to learn how to sup- 

 plement them with others if they do not form the 

 desired combination of themselves. In preparing 

 food for little chickens, it will be well to remember 

 that they are delicate organisms and require careful 



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