oatmeal, with milk, if possible, to drink. Various other kinds of feeds may be used, 

 such as commercial chick-feed, hard-boiled egg, bread and milk (the bread being 

 squeezed dry), etc. When buying chick-feed, if possible purchase it without the 

 grit added. The latter is very heavy, and some samples contain more grit than 

 necessary. 



A mash which the author has found to give splendid satisfaction is composed 

 as follows: Two large slices of dry breAd, two hard-boiled eggs (shells included), 

 one medium-sized onion, and a piece of charred bone, about walnut size. 



The eggs and onions will generally provide all moisture needed to mix the mash. 

 These ingredients are ground up very fine in a meat-mincer. Feed this about twice 

 daily; the other feeds to consist of rolled oats, commercial chick-feed, or bread and 

 milk. It is not advisable to feed beef-scraps to little chicks under fourteen days old. 

 The chicks need feeding at least four times daily the first month, the amount to be 

 given to be judged by the attendant. By experience and observation, coupled with 

 intelligence, a poultryman or woman will soon be able to give the right quantity 

 desired at each meal. After a month's hand-feeding the chicks can be hopper-fed, 

 as explained in the chapter on feeding. 



A good coop for hen and chicks is shown in Fig. A. This coop is easily con- 

 structed and may be moved about readily. It is 2 feet high in front, 15 inches high 

 at the back, and is 2 feet wide by 3 feet in length. The wire portion is 1 foot in 

 width. The board is used to cover the front at night, and utilized in the daytime to 

 place the food on. The board should be scrubbed at regular intervals if used for 

 a feed-board. 



As soon as the chickens are large enough to do without the mother, say at from 

 five to eight weeks, the hen should be placed back in the laying-house with the adult 

 fowls. When the chicks get too large for the Coop A, which will be in about ten 

 weeks, they are put into B coop. Overcrowding of young stock is to be guarded 

 against, as once they get a set-back in this way it is likely to be noticed all winter. 

 Roup, stunted growth, bronchitis, etc., can be directly attributed to overcrowding 

 during growth. 



The B coop in illustration will accommodate twenty chicks until full grown. 



B or secondary coop. Dimensions : Length, 6 feet ; width, 2 feet 6 inches ; 

 height, front 2 feet 4 inches, back 18 inches. A hen's brood of chicks, at about 

 eight weeks of age, should be placed in here from smaller quarters, or the B 

 coop itself makes a splendid coop for hen and chicks from the start. When using 

 the coop for this purpose, the roosts can be removed, and roost-holes in ends 

 covered temporarily with a shingle tacked over to keep out draughts and vermin. 



The coop should be moved its own length or width about twice weekly, and lime 

 sprinkled on land so used. When moving see that it is placed forwards or sidewards, 

 never backwards, as this brings the droppings to the front of the coop. In the case 

 of colony houses, the -manure should be collected, and taken away to compost heap, 

 rather than scattered around near the colony houses. The latter procedure has often 

 been the means of spreading epidemics amongst the flocks. 



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