Feeding 97 



With a good chick-feed properly fed there should be very 

 little bowel-trouble, but if you do not feed it carefully they 

 may all get bowel-trouble, but they will also do the same 

 by any other method of feeding. 



When chicks are three or four weeks old mix equal parts 

 of wheat and corn to the chick-feed. 



Many poultrymen think that meat is not good for hens, 

 as it is observed that when hens have indigestion and a large 

 quantity of meat is fed there will be more bowel-trouble on 

 the following day, but this will also occur without meat by 

 giving a heavy feeding of green feed or mash or grain. One 

 of the most important feeds is meat. When hens are fed 

 very heavy and are troubled with indigestion, bowel-trouble, 

 etc., adding a large amount of meat to the mash seems to turn 

 the hen inside out and causes a large amount of bowel- 

 trouble. Poultrymen then form the opinion that meat is not 

 good for poultry, but this is a mistake. The poultryman 

 noticing the undigested food which is thrown off in the form 

 of bowel-trouble, thinks that meat is not good for hens and 

 tries to do without it. He is now on the wrong road and 

 may never find his way back. If the mash causes bowel- 

 trouble when there is no meat used in it this proves that 

 the meat is not causing the trouble and if you will cut out 

 the meat you can easily tell if this is the cause of your trou- 

 ble. You will find that your mill-feeds are usually at fault. 

 The lack of meat is often the reason of poor results being 

 obtained. 



Bone meal is very good if placed in the mash, but with 

 some rations it causes watery droppings and when hens have 

 indigestion very bad, green bone acts like meat. 



On account of the many different kinds of beef-scraps, etc., 

 and the many variations in grains and conditions of hens 

 the only sure way to balance a ration with meat is to take 



