336 Animal Husbandry 
2. Which type of young chicks are the most difficult to feed? Why? 
Why does the chick not require food for some time after hatching ? 
3. Compare the product yielded by an egg-laying hen with that of a 
dairy cow. Considering body weight, which excels, the hen or the cow? 
How does the product of an egg-laying hen differ from that of, the dairy 
cow? 
4. What are the functions of the mineral matter in the food of an egg- 
laying hen? Of the protein? Of the fat? 
5. Wherein does feeding poultry for meat production differ from feeding 
other meat-producing animals? What class of trade takes most of the 
broilers on the market? Compare the price of fat fowls, broilers, and 
roasters on the pound basis. Why this difference? 
