FEEDING PRACTICES AND APPLIANCES 



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Jaffa' recommends as a chick feed a mixture made up of 

 the following material cracked or crushed until it is the size 

 of a millet: 



20 parta wheat 

 15 parts oats 

 5 parts millet 

 2 parts rice 



6 parts corn 

 10 parts grit 

 ."■ parts charcoal 

 5 parts bone meal 



Fig. 177 



Chickens relish sour milk and thrive on it. (Courtesy of Purdue Agricultural 

 I'^Kperiment Station.) 



"The grit and charcoal are added to the chick feed, as 

 the bahies cannot at first be depended upon to visit the 

 grit trough regularly, but the trough is placed in the run 

 to teach them to acquire the habit for the future. 



"Toward the end of the second week it will be well to add 

 a little cracked wheat and steel-cut oats to the above mix- 

 ture, gradually increasing the amount until it finally replaces 

 the chick feed. Then begin gradually to add whole wheat 

 to tlie cracked until at the end of the sixth or seventh week 



1 California Bulletin No. 164. 



