32 POULTRY BREEDING IN 



FOOD FOR YOUNG CHICKENS. 



Indian and barley meal, boiled rice, mashed potatoes, 

 bread crumbs, &c., steeped in milk and water ; any of 

 the above, separate or mixed together, will do well. 



Finely-chopped green vegetables daily, and occasionally 

 hard-boiled eggs chopped fine, with a supply from the 

 vermin nursery. The water should be supplied between 

 two saucers (see fig. n) to prevent wetting themselves, 



Fig. 11. 



Fig. 12. 



or to scrape the food out. The inner saucers can be 

 partly filled with coarse sand. 



Clean water and a plentiful supply of food given about 

 four times a day, and with the comfort of the artificial 

 mothers, chickens will keep in better condition than when 

 left to roam in search of food with a hen. 



THE FOOD FOR THE BREEDING AND LAYING STOCK 



Can be composed of a mixture of the various cereals, 

 coarsely ground, and made into a stiff paste. This food 

 should be put in the feeding fountains, where it can- 

 not be wasted or dirtied. Occasionally, in fine weather, 

 whole grain can be thrown broadcast in the open run. 



Finely-chopped vegetables, such as the waste of the 

 kitchen garden, mangold-wurzel, swedes, &c., in a green 



