10 rorL'L'KY Fj;jii)ix(; axu fattexixg 



less tha.n four times. Feed a little at a time Init often, 

 is a good rule to follow. It is not a Ijad plan to give 

 three meals of soft feed and three of dr}^ In order to 

 feed with eeononiy, it is necessary to have slat feeding 

 coops, so made as to admit the chicks and to exclude the 

 mother hens and other fo^ds. These coops may be 

 quickly and cheaj)ly made hy tacking plastering lath 

 on strips of inch stuff. The food may be placed in 

 these coops on long boards or shallow troughs. No 

 more soft food should lie given at one time than will 

 be eaten up clean. Tlie lial)it that some have of thro\v- 

 ing out a great mass of soft fooil — suflicient to last a 

 da}^ — to become foul and sour, is very wasteful and 

 injurious to the chicks. 



Do not lose sight of the importance of a balanced 

 ration for the young, growing chickens. I^ulletin 61 of 

 the Ehode Island experiment station shows tlio danger 

 that comes from feeding too much grain. The best 

 results were obtained Jjy feeding an abundance of 

 animal protein, of wliicli milk is the best form. 

 Disease and deatli followed the excessive use of starchy 

 foods. Green food cannot safely be omitted. 



To push young chicks along and keep them in 

 health, there is nothing Ijetter tlian Itoiled eggs mashed 

 up, shells and all, witli two or three times their bulk 

 of stale bread ci'umbs, or crackei- crumbs, thoroughly 

 mixed. Jlix not more than enough for one feed of this 

 at a time and give them only wlmt they will eat readily 

 and quickly. Feed stale ))]'end sonked in milk, either 

 whole, s];iii)med, or buttermilk after the milk has been 

 squeezi'il out ]iy hand. 



This is not a very expensive method of feeding, as 

 the clucks, lieing so simdl, will not consume much of 

 it daily, while tlie veiy best results have invariably 

 followed such a system of feeding and management. 

 But if milk is not oljtninable, use the yolks of tested 



