68 FEEDING OF FOWLS 



This is moistened with sour skim-milk, and fed five 

 times daily. Cracked grain mixture should be left before 

 the chicks in a shallow tray containing a little dry mash 

 like that given in later feeding. This grain mixture is 

 composed of finely cracked wheat, 3 parts; finely cracked 

 corn, 2 parts; pinhead oatmeal (steel-cut oatmeal), 1 part. 

 Fine grit and charcoal mixed with grain, and a little 

 finely shredded green food, should be scattered in the 

 trays. Plenty of clean water should be supplied at all 

 times. 



For subsequent feeding, the following mash moistened 

 with skim-milk should be gradually substituted for the 

 first mixture: Wheat bran, 3 parts; corn meal, 3 parts; 

 wheat middlings, 3 parts; sifted beef scrap, 3 parts; 

 bone meal, 1 part. The moist mash should be fed two 

 or three times daily. Cracked grain should be given at 

 least twice daily, scattered in light litter as soon as the 

 chicks are able to find it. Mash in dry condition should 

 be kept in shallow trays before the chicks. Grit, char- 

 coal, and fine cracked bone shou!4 be fed in separate 

 trays or hoppers. When 4 wk. old, the chicks should 

 be receiving two meals of mash and three of grain. 



After 4 wk. the number of meals should be reduced, 

 first to two of mash and two of grain, then to one of 

 mash and two of grain; the grain should be fed morning 

 and night and the dry mash should be constantly acces- 

 sible. As soon as the chicks will eat larger grains, the 

 wheat need not be cracked; hulled oats may be used in 

 place of pinhead oatmeal, and the corn may be coarsely 

 cracked. When the chicks are 8 wk. old, the grain 

 ration may be changed to the following: Large cracked 

 corn, 3 parts; wheat, 2 parts. If it is desired that the 

 chicks shall develop slowly, the moist food may be 

 gradually discontinued after 3 wk. Beef scrap may 

 be fed in the mash up to one-fourth by weight, in quan- 

 tity, or, after the chicks have become accustomed to it, 

 may be kept constantly before them in hoppers. This 

 method of feeding has been proved to be good where all 

 feeds are to be purchased. Farmers having certain prod- 



