HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



sacks over the window and removing them 

 only at feeding time until the habit is 

 forgotten. In doing this nothing should 

 be permitted to interfere with the ventila- 

 tion of the room as the chicks require an 

 abundance of fresh air. Pine tar makes 

 a good application in case blood is drawn 

 on any of the chicks. 



Breeds best adapted for Easter broi- 

 lers. — The heavier breeds are generally 

 considered better adapted for this pur- 

 pose than the lighter ones as they usually 

 attain the desired weight sooner. They i 

 are often preferred on the market and 

 sometimes command a higher price. On 

 the other hand, eggs of the lighter breeds 

 are more readily available, and some , 

 poultry keepers claim they secure better j 

 hatches from these eggs and that the i 

 chicks are less difficult to raise, so that | 

 the choice of breed for Easter broilers, as 

 for other purposes, will depend largely 

 upon the preference of individual poultry 

 keepers. In the sale of Easter broilers it 

 is usually inferred that the pullets as 

 well as the cockerels are sold as broilers. 



Feeding the Broilers 



Scratch grain : 

 Equal parts 



Fine cracked yellow corn 



Cracked wheat 



Steel cut or pin head oats 

 Mash : 



Ground yellow corn 



Ground oats (sifted) 



Wheat bran 



Standard wheat middlings 

 or ground wheat 



Meat scraps (fine) .50 percent protein 

 10 percent 



Cod-liver oil 3 percent. 

 Skimmilk or buttermilk to drink instead 

 of water. 

 Green feed — lettuce or cabbage. 



After five or six weeks the cracked 

 wheat may be replaced by whole wheat 

 and the steel cut oats omitted. 



Proper feeding is one of the prime es- 

 sentials for success. To rear chicks in- 

 doors and procure rapid growth without 

 leg weakness or undue mortality, it is 

 necessary to add cod-liver oil or incubator 

 eggs to the ration. As few incubator 

 eggs arc available at this time,cod-liveroil 

 will generally have to be used. The chicks 

 may be fed the usual grain and ma.sh with 

 3 percent of cod-liver oil mixed in the 

 mash. To avoid any possible deteriora- 

 tion of the cod-liver oil mixed with the 

 dry feed it is well not to mij< more than 

 a two-week's supply of the cod-liver oil 

 and mash at one time. 



Another essential for rapid growth is 

 that the chicks receive skimmilk or but- 

 termilk to drink instead of water. Green 

 feed, especially lettuce or cabbage, also 

 proves a valuable addition to the ration 

 for confined chicks. 



It is important that chicks be required 

 to eat as much mash as grain, otherwise 

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