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POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



Starting food 

 8 Ibs. rolled oats 

 8 Ibs. bread crumbs 

 2 Ibs. sifted beef 



scrap 



1 Ib. bone meal 

 Moistened with 



skim milk. 



Cornell Ration 

 Grain mixture 

 3 Ibs. wheat 

 2 Ibs. corn 

 1 Ib. hulled oats 



Fine cracked for 

 the youngest chicks; 

 whole wheat and 

 hulled oats and larger 

 cracked corn for 

 older chicks ; oats 

 omitted for range 

 chicks. 



Mash mixture 

 3 Ibs. wheat bran 

 3 Ibs. wheat mid- 

 dlings 



3 Ibs. corn meal 

 3 Ibs. beef scrap 

 1 Ib. bone meal 



Fed dry from 

 first meal ; moist, 

 and dry after 

 five days. 



FIRST FEEDING TIME (36 TO 48 HOURS ) 



First Five Days. Starting food five times a day, what 

 they will eat in 15 minutes; grain mixture in tray of dry 

 mash always available; fine grit, charcoal, bone, and green 

 food scattered over other food ; water. 



After Five Days. Grain twice a day in litter; scanty 

 feed of moist mash three times a day ; as chicks grow older, 

 two feeds of moist mash, then only one at noon; water, 

 grit, charcoal, cracked bone, always at hand, and hopper- 

 fed beef scrap if desired ; milk to drink. Chicks should be 

 hungry once a day, preferably in the morning. 



On Range. Grain, dry mash, beef scrap, grit, shell, bone, 

 water, always at hand. One meal of moist mash if desired. 



Maine Station Method 



Starting Food 

 Ibs. wheat bran 

 Ibs. corn meal 

 Ibs. screened beef scrap 

 Ib. alfalfa meal 

 Ib. linseed meal 



Grain Mixture 

 15 Ibs. cracked wheat 

 10 Ibs. pinhead oatmeal 

 15 Ibs. fine cracked corn 



3 Ibs. fine cracked peas 



2 Ibs. broken rice 



5 Ibs. chick grit 



2 Ibs. charcoal 



