13 POULTRY FEEDING AND FATTENING 



that I feed them on coarse corn meal moistened, but not 

 very wet, until they are old enough to eat cracked grain. 

 All the time they have plenty of fresh water to drink. — 

 [Mrs. L. I. Clark, Erie County. K. Y. 



My method of raising chickens is to feed them 

 any and all kinds of grain and vegetables. I give oats 

 to make bone, wheat for feathers, corn, buckwheat 

 and green foods to fatten. — [D. C. Wells, Indiana 

 County, Pa. 



I never feed the chicks until they are twenty-four 

 hours old, and I sometimes think that is too soon. The 

 first feed is dry rolled oats and bread crumbs. Then 

 I feed mostly corn chop. I never feed warm mashes 

 to the chicks or old hens. The laying hens I feed oats 

 and screenings in the morning, screenings for dinner 

 and corn at night, with plenty of good water and 

 exercise. — [F. W. Sillowa]^, Macoupin County, 111. 



I usually feed three times a day, morning, noon 

 and night, liever throw feed on the ground or in 

 dishes where it will be likely to be contaminated with 

 droppings from the hens or other filth. I keep con- 

 stantly within their reach clean *ater in pans, changing 

 it every morning and rinsing out the pans. About 4 

 p. m. I give them a feed of wheat, cracked corn or 

 both.— [J. J. Parker, Chautauqua County, N. Y. 



The chicks are placed in a brooder warmed to ninety 

 degrees, the floor of wliicli is covered with dry, sharp 

 sand. I sift some corn and oat chop and mix with sour 

 milk, soda and salt, and bake johnnycake for them. The 

 inner part is crumbled into shallow pans and onto clean 

 paper. The crust is moistened with sweet milk warmed 

 and fed in pans. The chicks are fed every two hours. 

 When chicks are four days old, they are allowed to run 

 in a covered yard 4x8 feet, built around the brooder. 

 When two weeks old, they are allowed to run at liberty 

 but are always fed in the brooder yard. x\.s they grow 



