METHODS OF FEEDING 265 



FEEDING SMALL CHICKENS 



Different rations may be successfully fed to chicks. The 

 following have been tried and are recommended by the 

 respective stations: 



Oregon Station Ration 



Starting food Grain mixture Mash mixture 



Bran mixed crumbly 1 Ib. cracked wheat 3 Ibs. wheat bran 

 with soft-boiled egg; 1 Ib. cracked corn lib. wheat middlings 

 or stale bread or shorts 



squeezed dry out of 1 Ib. corn meal 



milk. Pinch of salt added 



when mixing 



FIRST FEEDING TIME (24 TO 36 HOURS OF AGE) 



First Week. Starting food twice a day; grain mixture 

 three times a day on clean sand; after two or three days, 

 grain in litter; clean water; grit, charcoal, cracked bone, 

 in separate dishes ; green food. 



One to Three Weeks. One feed a day of moist mash, 

 what they will clean up in an hour ; grain mixture in litter 

 two or three times a day ; grit, charcoal, cracked bone, and 

 beef scrap in hoppers ; water ; green food. 



Three to Six Weeks. Morning feed of moist mash; two 

 feeds of grain mixture ; dry middlings in a hopper, if signs 

 of diarrhoea appear ; hopper-fed beef scrap ; water, grit, 

 charcoal, cracked bone, always available; milk to drink; 

 green food. 



After Six Weeks or On Range. Morning meal of moist 

 mash; two feeds of grain mixture; milk (or beef scrap), 

 charcoal, grit, bone, water. Oats may be added to the grain 

 mixture, if desired; the proportion of wheat may be in- 

 creased or decreased as it becomes lower or higher in price 

 than corn. 



