FEEDING CHICKENS 93 
what is expected of them, and forced to do 
it until it becomes a habit. Remember this 
all the way through your work and it will 
save you losses. You must not expect to 
open a door for the first time and let your 
Colony House with wire run to accustom little chicks 
to their own house. 
chickens out into a strange world and be- 
lieve they will all return. The mother hen 
takes her brood around continually clucking 
and calling them to her. While you can’t 
cluck, still you must supply some of the 
mother hen’s attentions if you expect to save 
your chicks. Most of the losses of little 
chickens occur through carelessness. Disease 
