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supply of grit must be kept where the birds can get it at any 

 time. 



Feed & Care of Chicks 



Remove the chicks from the incubator soon after they are 

 hatched and place them in the brooder, to which may be at- 

 tached a screen run. This should, as all of the runs, etc., be 

 protected against cats, dogs and vermin. The first thing that 

 will apprise the] mind of the chicks is something to eat. 

 Their curiosity is aroused by every speck. Sprinkle a little 

 feed where they will notice it and they will soon find out what 

 is good to eat and you will have no trouble. 



Where the chicks are hatched out by a bantam; Remove 

 them the following day, with their foster mother, to a run 

 you have previously constructed for them. If it is to be kept 

 indoors, it may simply be a screen pen 2x3 feet and two feet 

 in heighth. If it is to be for out-of-doors and for permanent 

 quarters until the chicks are old enough to be placed in the 

 large aviary, it should be made larger, say 2 or 3 by 6 feet 

 and two feet in heighth, covered with wire screen and a small 

 shelter house constructed at one end, with suitable openings 

 throughout for feed and care, also due protection against 

 their many enemies. Place this aviary on the lawn or grassy 

 plot and put the family in it. Move it frequently to new 

 ground. Right here let us caution that all houses and runs 

 should be placed on good high and dry ground. Damp ground 

 or depressions where water is apt to stand are dangerous to 

 the health of the birds, especially the young. Chicks should 

 not be allowed to run in the wet grass. Keep them in the 

 shelter house at such times. 



If the chicks are hatched out by the parent birds they may 

 be cared for in the large aviary, a greater assortment of feed 



