FEEDS AND FEEDING 



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Some use a self feeder for the grain and feed only 

 a whole grain ration. This will answer with Leghorns 

 and other active breeders but is not so satisfactory for 

 the larger breeds, which get too fat and stop laying if 

 feed is constantly before them. The self feeder consists 

 of a hopper which exposes 

 only a little grain at once. 

 It is simple in construction 

 and may be of any size de- 

 sired, but for thirty or forty 

 hens it should be about one 

 foot wide, three feet long 

 and one and one-half feet 

 high. A good pattern is 



shown in Figure 47. The fig. 47 — self feeder 



ends, a a, should be cut as shown, then a board as 

 wide as the ends and as long as the feeder should be 

 nailed horizontally between the ends as they stand 

 upright and four inches below the shoulders. Cut the 

 sides, h b, and nail in position, next make a V-shaped 

 trough as long as the feeder and invert between the 

 lower edges of b b to keep the food from running out 

 too much at once. Nail on strips, c c, which should 

 be four inches wide, and put on a cover with hinges. 



A very simple and successful feeder for dry 

 ground grains, beef scrap or other feeds consists of a 



shallow box (Figure 48) 



, four inches inside, nine to 



, twelve inches wide and of 



any length desired. 



Around the top fasten a 



FIG. 48 — feed box 



rim projectmg one to one 



and one-half inches inside which will prevent the fowls 

 from throwing out the feed with their bills. Without 

 this projecting rim there will sometimes be much feed 

 scratched out and wasted. 



