PRACTICAL FEEDING OF POULTRY 



changed to equal parts of bread, rolled oats, bran, and 

 corn meal; then after the seventh day to three parts of 

 bran, one part each of low-grade wheat flour and of corn 

 meal, 10 per cent of green feed, and 5 per cent of meat 

 scrap, with about 3 per cent of sand or grit in all of the 

 rations. 



Feed four times daily after the seventh day until the 

 ducklings are 2 or 3 weeks old, when they need to be 

 fed only three times daily. After the ducklings are a week 

 old the grit or sand may be fed either in the mash or in a 

 hopper, but the common practice is to feed grit in 

 all duck rations. Meat scrap is not usually fed until 

 the ducks are a week old, when about 5 per cent is 

 added to the ration, which amount is gradually increased 

 to 15 per cent by the end of the third week. Gradually 

 increase the proportion of corn meal and decrease the 

 bran for those ducklings which are to be marketed, until 

 the ration becomes the fattening ration given below. 

 Those to be saved for breeding should be given the duck- 

 ling ration with the increased meat scrap (15 per cent), 

 but not fed the fattening ration. The latter should also 

 be given a good range where grass and running water 

 are available; if confined to bare yards, considerable green 

 feed and vegetables should be fed. 



The ducklings to be marketed should be fattened for 

 two weeks before killing on a ration made of three parts, 

 by weight, of corn meal, two parts of low-grade flour 

 or middlings, one part of bran, one-half part of meat 

 scrap, with 3 per cent grit and 10 per cent green feed. 



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