PRACTICAL FEEDING OF POULTRY 



It is desired to have the geese lay early, so that the 

 first goslings will hatch by the time there is green grass 

 for pasture; and as the breeding season approaches it is 

 necessary to increase the quantity of feed slightly and add 

 to it a mash, which is usually given in the morning, and 

 may be made of 3 parts bran or shorts, I part corn meal, 

 and one- fourth part meat scrap; or buttermilk may be 

 used in place of meat scrap. This mash should be fed 

 with the vegetables or roughage. 



Grit and oyster shell should be kept before the geese 

 when they are laying and may be provided all the time 

 to advantage. A constant supply of drinking water 

 should be available at all times, and it is best supplied in 

 drinking fountains or vessels so constructed that the 

 stock can not get their feet into the water. 



FEEDING OF GOSLINGS 



Goslings do not need feed until they are 36 hours old 

 or more, when they should be fed stale bread soaked in 

 milk or water, to which finely chopped boiled eggs may 

 be added. This should be fed three or four times daily 

 for the first 2 or 3 weeks, with chopped grass or some 

 other green feed added, this latter to be increased in 

 quantity from the first. Plenty of fresh, clean water 

 should be supplied, and 5 per cent of fine grit or sharp 

 sand may be added to the feed or this grit kept in a 

 hopper before the goslings. 



After 2 or 3 weeks, if the goslings have a good grass 

 range, they will need only one light feed daily of a mash 



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