FEEDING CHICKENS 95 
Plenty of hay seed or other suitable litter in 
which there has been considerable chick feed 
scattered must be on the floor. 
REMOVE HOVERS AT SIX WEEKS 
At six weeks of age the weather should 
be such that the hovers can be removed, the 
temperature having previously been steadily 
reduced, so there is not much change when 
the heat is removed. Then if you can get 
them roosting your troubles will be almost 
over. At this age scratch feed, or 
a larger size of chick feed is gradu- 
ally given in place of the small chick 
feed, and a growing mash is fed dry in the 
hoppers. A wet mash may be fed once a 
day if you wish. It should consist of meal, 
bran middlings and a little beef scrap; but 
this is not necessary. Chickens of this age 
with a hen would not get anything but 
grains, grass, bugs, grit, etc. In growing 
any living thing, Nature’s way is the best. 
The feeding suggested with water, grit, 
charcoal, always where they can get it, is 
continued until the chickens are removed to 
winter quarters, which should be about 
October I to 15. 
