FEEDING CHICKENS 91 
had enough, push them back under the hover, 
where they will stay until the next feeding. 
The second day’s feeding is practically the 
same. A little hard boiled egg may be added 
to the mash and a handful of chick feed scat 
tered in the litter with some chick grit added 
The third day, reduce the soft feed to three 
feedings; the fourth day to two, and from 
then on either cut it out altogether or feed 
only once. Some, 
poultrymen advo- 
cate omitting the 
mash feed. They 
rely entirely upon 
the chick feed; but [777 
chicks relish one Covered water trough to pre- 
feed a day of mash. vent fowls befouling 
Although it adds to ahe raeehs 
the attendant’s trouble, still I give it. Chick 
grit, charcoal and bran should be kept before 
them all the time in little hoppers. They 
like bran. The main feed, however, should 
be the chick feed sprinkled in the litter on 
the floor. The deeper the litter the more 
exercise the chicks have to take to get their 
meals. Exercise is the great health-giver. 
The drinking founts and the feed troughs 
should be kept scrupulously clean. Stale 
feed and filthy water will cause sickness. 
