The Essentials of Poultry Raising 97 



The first solid feed for the baby chick may consist of some 

 hard-boiled tgg, mixed with bread crumbs, and made soft with 

 sour milk. 



After chicks are on full feed they should be given mash, mixed 

 with sour ski'mmed milk or buttermilk, so prepared as to be 

 crumbly, three times a day, and a scratch feed twice a day. 



233. Formulas for Dry Mash: 



Soybean meal 55 pounds 



Corn meal ..— 67 pounds 



Peanut meal 33 pounds 



Corn meal 67 pounds 



Ground oats 28 pounds 



Corn meal 28 pounds 



Wheat middlings 28 pounds 



Meat meal 16 pounds 



Wheat bran 10 pounds 



Wheat shorts 10 pounds 



Corn meal 5 pounds 



Meat meal 5 pounds 



234. Formulas for Grain Feed: 



Cracked corn 5 pounds 



Hulled oats 5 pounds 



Cracked corn 10 pounds 



Cracked wheat 10 pounds 



Pinhead oats 10 pounds 



Cracked corn S pounds 



Wheat screenings 10 pounds 



Wheat 20 pounds 



Hulled oats IS pounds 



Rice 10 pounds 



235. Grit and. Shell Essential. On the first day provide fine 

 grit, such as sand. Keep this before the chicks at all times, 

 as the gizzard must contain grit to aid in grinding the feed. 



