t80 MAKING POULTRY PAY 



in the gain of the different chickens when fed upon 

 the animal meal, meat scraps or egg. 



One mixture of seeds was made as follows : For 

 chicks from one day to six weeks old, mix four parts 

 cracked corn, one of fine cracked wheat, two of rolled 

 oats, one-half of millet seed, one-half of broken rice, 

 and two of fine scraps. For the first two weeks we 

 have added one pint of millet seed, leaving out scraps 

 during the first week. Boiled eggs, three for each fifty 

 chicks have also ^)een fed. After six weeks, and up to 

 ten weeks, feed the following mixture: Four parts 

 cracked corn, two of cracked wheat, one of rolled oats, 

 one-half of millet, one-half of broken rice, one of 

 grit, and two of scraps. 



For chicks kept in the colony system give for 

 -grain three parts wheat and four of cracked com. 

 Also give the following mash three times per week, 

 and daily after ten weeks : One part ground corn, one 

 of ground oats and one of brown shorts. To feed the 

 meat scraps we made the seed-feed into a mash with 

 boiling water, mixed the scraps with it and covered the 

 mash until it was well steamed. This mash seems to 

 hasten the growth of the chicks. While it seemed 

 necessary to feed the youngest chicks rather oftener, 

 those ten days old were fed mash in the morning, 

 green food at noon and dry seeds at night, allowing 

 them to fill their crops. When fed oftener they 

 seemed to get satiated and had no desire to eat. 



For the first day or two after the chick has 

 emerged, little food seems to be necessary and little is 

 offered by us. We, however, place the young chick 

 directly on either sand filled with rather coarse grit, or 

 procure grit of the proper size and allow it to eat what 

 it will. That which is bright and attractive to the 

 chick's eye, like quartz grains, seems to be best. Very 



