40 METHODS OF POULTRY MANAGEMENT. 



appetites when the feeder appears, and come racing out from 

 the brooder to meet him. If they have been overfed at the pre- 

 vious meal, and have lunched when they saw fit, they do not 

 care for the feeder's coming. If overfed a few times the creat- 

 ures become debilitated and worthless. 



What has been said so far is with reference to chicks that are 

 hatched out in early spring, at a season of the year when it is 

 impossible under the climatic conditions in Maine for them to 

 get out of doors for work. 



Method 3. — This is like Method 2, except that the first mash 

 for the young chicks has the following composition : 



Parts by weight. 



Wheat bran 4 



Corn meal 32 



Linseed meal i 



Screened beef scrap 2 



Alfalfa meal i 



This mixture is scalded and then dry rolled oats are mixed 

 with it in the proportion of 2 parts rolled oats to 6 parts of the 

 mixture. The reason for mixing in this way is that it has been 

 found by experience that if rolled oats are mixed with the other 

 materials of the mash before scalding there is a tendency for the 

 mash to be soggy after it is wet. Mixing in the way here out- 

 lined has been found to improve the mash greatly. 



This mash and the dry grains are fed as in Method 2 until 

 the chicks are about 3 weeks old. From 3 weeks on to 6 or 8 

 weeks the composition of the mash is as follows : 



Parts by weighL 



Wheat bran 2 



Corn meal 3 



Linseed meal i 



Daisy flour (or other low-grade flour) i 



Beef scrap i 



Method 4. — When warm weather comes and the later-hatched 

 chicks are able to get out on the ground they find much to amuse 

 them, and they work hard and are able to eat and digest more 

 feed. Under these conditions the dry-meal mixture described in 

 Method 2 is kept constantly before them in troughs, with good 

 results. With two feeds a day of the broken grains in the litter 



