be given after the chick is from 48 to 72 hours old, to make 

 it strong and give heat and vigor. This does not mean that 

 this food should be forced into the chicken. Remember that 

 the yolk of the egg is also in the right place. If the little 

 chick does not care to eat, do not force the food down its 

 throat. Now there are many ways of feeding little chicks 

 and I have prepared a formulae which I have worked out 

 and which you will notice spoken of in this book. There is no 

 one way of feeding that is the one and only way. There are 

 many poultry men and hence many ways of feeding little 

 chicks, but whatever you use, do not give them too much and 

 do not give them food that will sour in the crop. Do not give 

 them any mash till ten days to two weeks old and then only 

 for one hour a day, one half hour at a time. A little chick, 

 like a baby, should be fed little and often. Make them scratch 

 for food and the exercise will be a benefit to them. In the 

 matter of giving them greens, do not give until six days 

 old and then a little of fine cut clover and tender greens. 

 Avoid giving too much. Do not feed lettuce to excess 

 as it makes them dopey. Little chicks are sometimes 

 aflfected in this way. It may not be one particular trou- 

 ble but a combination of troubles: Over feeding is one 

 thing, wet concrete floors for another; board floors are much 

 better, as concrete floors are cold always. To put them right 

 on a hard floor, the results are that they do not get the 

 spring to their legs when walking and running. If you live 

 in the country and are used to walking on anything but 

 cement and then go to the city and walk on cement side- 

 walks, my how your feet and legs do hurt. What is the 

 trouble ? Just the same as with the baby chicks. They need 

 to be on soft ground or where there is some resiliency. The 

 ideal way is to have the brooder house so that if the weather 

 permits, you can let them out on the soft dirt. 



A little chick, until it is eight weeks old, should be fed five 

 times a day and only what can be cleaned up at a single meal. 

 No whole grains of wheat should be given and once a day a 

 little good beef scrap should be given so that they will all 

 get some of it. They should have plenty of room with good 

 ventilation. 



It is always a good plan to keep chicks of a size together 

 even if of different ages. There are always some chicks 

 ahead of the others. If you have arrangements so that you 

 can do it, it is a splendid plan to keep these together for 

 reasons that are present with small chicks because the larger 



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