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too anxious and uneasy about the strange little bodies hatching be- 

 neath her, and will sometimes trample them to death if they are not 

 removed frequently. If this is necessary, put them in a lined, warm, 

 covered box, by the stove; but do not remove all of them, else she 

 may not own them when returned to her. 



If hatched in an incubator, keep them in the machine about 

 twenty-four hours after hatching, when they will be strong enough to 

 eat and be removed to their brooder, which has been prepared for 

 them. For the first four days feed bread and cracker dust moistened 

 with water and sweet milk, with a little meal stirred in, and about 

 fifteen per cent of the total made of hard boiled eggs and a good 

 pinch of sharp sand. Feed four times a day and give warm water to 

 drink, especially when first turned out of the brooder in the morning. 

 Their water vessels must be deep enough for them to put their heads 



Motherless, but contented. 



under; this will prevent them from having the sore eyes, and cleans 

 the dirt and food from their nostrils. When young, they should not 

 be allowed to play in the water and get wet. Feed only what they 

 will eat up clean, and do not let their feed and drinking vessels get 

 sour and filthy. Do not allow young ducklings to be out on rainy 

 days; keep their bedding dry and you won't have any disease among 

 your ducks. Too much hard food, such as whole grain, does not agree 

 with these birds, and they cannot thrive on it. The duck has no crop, 

 the food passing directly from the throat to the gizzard, and as a 

 consequence, the food must be in a soft state. Keep plenty of sharp 

 grit or coarse sand and drinking water by them at all times. 



The best feed for goslings is a little bread soaked in water or 

 sweet milk, although even little goslings will prefer more green grass 

 than food of any kind. 



For the first twenty-four hours after being hatched, feed nothing, 

 but provide luke warm water in a fountain and keep them from get- 

 ting wet. The first few days provide the following mixture : Crackers 



