Hubbard's poultry secrets. 33 



FEEDING GROWING CHICKS. 



I have now told my method of feeding up to twelve weeks 

 of age. 



If you have followed this method very carefully you should 

 have a flock of chickens that any man would be proud of, and 

 a flock that has not been forced and whose digestive organs 

 have never been overtaxed in any way. They should have 

 made frame very fast and be uniform in size and a flock that 

 is free from runts. 



After they are three months old I feed them a dry mash 

 which consists of : 



Wheat bran three parts. 



Best grade beef scraps, one part. 



Wheat middlings, two parts. 



Hominy, twelve parts. 



Flaked oatmeal, twenty-four parts. 

 I find that it is impossible to over-feed a growing chick for 

 the next three months, so we must get all the gjrowth we can 

 while the system will stand it. It took some time to find out 

 how long a growing chicken would stand forcing without do- 

 ing it harm as a breeder, and at what age it would stand forc- 

 ing best. 



This dry mash is kept before the growing chickens in hop- 

 pers, so that they can help themselves at any time. Be sure 

 to place your hoppers where rain and sunshine cannot strike 

 them. I use the Norwich Automatic Hoppers for my scratch 

 feed, which consists of : Wheat, corn and oats, equal parts, one 

 part wheat, one part cracked corn, one-half part best grade 



