Poultry Keeping 



W. T. Stilling 

 FIG. 256. A box like this for feeding dry mash prevents waste. 



In order to keep hens in health, they must have all the Green feed, 

 green feed they want daily. They should also be supplied 

 with grit. It is generally considered that, having no 

 teeth, fowls need to have grit in their gizzards to grind 

 their feed. Ground oyster or clam shells are very com- 

 monly used for grit. The shells supply lime, which is 

 so necessary in forming egg shells (Fig. 257). Pure 

 water can most easily be furnished from a hydrant so 

 arranged that the water will continually drop into the 

 drinking receptacle. The water that may overflow 

 should be carried away in a drain, to prevent mud. A 

 drinking fountain like those shown in Figure 258 is used 

 for chicks. They cannot drown in it. 



Not until two days or even three days after the hatch is Feeding 

 finished should the chicks have anything except water and 

 sand. This is because nature supplies them with nour- 

 ishment at this time, some of the yolk of the egg from 

 which they were hatched being still in their digestive 



chicks 



