HATCHING AND REARING CHICKS 



before the chicks at the same time they are given 

 their first meal, and these materials are kept con- 

 stantly before the chicks ever afterward. 



There is no infallible formula for the feeding 

 of little chicks ; this applies with equal force to the 

 kind and amount of feed. The dry-feed method 

 is now very popular and in the most common 

 use. By the " dry-feed " method is meant the rear- 

 ing of little chicks on small grains and cracked 

 seeds, without any such thing as " soft food " or 

 mashes. I have been using this method of feeding 

 chicks on the Buff Rock Farm for several years 

 now, and results have been very satisfactory indeed ; 

 so much so, in fact, that I would not now think of 

 returning to the tedious and more expensive mashes 

 and johnnycake methods. While, to be sure, the 

 day of this last-mentioned manner of feeding is 

 not yet quite past, still the novice will be on much 

 the safer side if he adopts the dry- feed method 

 exclusively. 



Chicks not only relish a variety of foods, but 

 actually require a variety for maximum growth 

 and thrift. There is no better way to provide 

 variety than to use one of the prepared chick feeds. 

 These feeds contain eight or ten different kinds of 

 small seeds and cracked grains, are fed dry and 

 with absolutely no waste, and are mixed together 

 in just the correct proportions so that the 

 feeder is relieved of the bother and uncertainty of 



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