POULTRY FEEDS AND FEEDING 



results for the first three or four days. Then gradually 

 substitute daily for two feeds a mixture of equal parts of 

 finely cracked wheat, cracked corn, and pinhead oatmeal 

 or hulled oats to which may be added a small quantity of 

 broken rice, millet, or rapeseed, or all combined, and 

 charcoal if obtainable. If corn cannot be had, cracked 

 kafir, rolled or hulled barley may be substituted. 



Commercial baby chick scratch and chick mash may be 

 fed to good advantage in place of the home mixed feeds 

 and can be bought from almost any feed dealer. Buying 

 these ready mixed feeds for small chickens is much simpler 

 than securing the separate grains and no more expensive 

 unless good sized quantities of feed are to be bought, and 

 even then better results are apt to be secured, for the 

 variety of feeds is wider and the mixing and milling 

 more uniform. 



Milk in some form is very beneficial for small chickens 

 and may be kept before them as a drink and also used in 

 mixing this moist mash. Giving the chickens a drink of 

 milk for the first feed is an excellent practice. 



HOW TO MAKE JOHNNYCAKE 



Corn meal, 5 pounds; infertile eggs (tested out from 

 settings or from an incubator), 6 pounds, and baking 

 soda, I tablespoonful. Mix with milk to make a stiff 

 batter and bake thoroughly. When infertile eggs are not 

 available use a double quantity of baking soda and add 

 one-half pound of sifted meat scrap. 



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