PRACTICAL FEEDING OF POULTRY 



When the chicks are about 10 days or 2 weeks old, use 

 a growing mash composed of the following to take the 

 place of the johnnycake or bread : 



MASH FOR LITTLE CHICKS 



Rolled oats, i part by weight; bran, 2 parts; corn 

 meal, i part; middlings, I part, and 10 per cent sifted 

 meat scrap. 



This mash may be placed in a hopper where it will not 

 be wasted and left before the chicks at all times or it may 

 be fed as a moist, crumbly mash once daily, feeding suit- 

 able chick grains three times a day. When the chickens 

 are 8 or 10 weeks old add I part of ground oats and in- 

 crease the meat scrap to I part, the corn meal to 2 parts, 

 and decrease the bran to I part in the mash. As soon as 

 the chickens will eat the whole wheat, cracked corn, and 

 other grains, the small sized chick feed can be eliminated 

 and the chicks are fed only 3 times a day. The chickens' 

 growth can be hastened if they are given sour milk, skim 

 milk or buttermilk to drink in addition to th feeds, and 

 milk is splendid to mix with the mash. 



FEED FOR GROWING CHICKENS 



Growing chickens kept on a good range may be given 

 all their feed in a hopper, mixing 2 parts by weight of 

 cracked corn with i part of wheat, or equal parts of 

 cracked corn, wheat, and oats in one hopper and the dry 

 mash in another. The beef scrap may be left out of the 



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