Feeding 107 



Watch your hens and find out how to feed them and you 

 will not kill them, but you are apt to ruin or kill the baby 

 chick. 



If your food is right, your chicks will be lively and want 

 to scratch. If the food is not right, they will not scratch 

 because they are sick, and when they are sick they want rest. 



At some places the water is constipating and at others it 

 is laxative. This sometimes requires a slight change in the 

 ration. 



A food that is a very fine egg food may not be good for a 

 flock of hens in poor condition. 



Experimenting on a few hens in good condition is an alto- 

 gether different proposition from taking a large flock of hens 

 in poor condition and bringing them to a healthy laying 

 state. 



It is wonderful how quickly a hen will respond to the 

 right balance and combination in foods; how quick the comb 

 will start to grow, the crust start to form, the eyes to 

 brighten, and the general appearance of the hen to improve. 



It is not drugs that are wanted, but the right foods. 



You cannot force a hen to lay. Giving her a ration high 

 in protein does not force her to lay, for if she has indigestion, 

 or if you over-balance your ration with too much protein it 

 stops her from laying. 



Some mash foods contain 20% to 25% of beef-scrap, but 

 with a high protein ration about equal parts of grain and 

 mash are given. 



It is nonsense for people who should know better to advise 

 washing eggs in solution to kill the white-diarrhoea germ. 

 White-diarrhoea comes from combinations of foods. At one 

 time in my career I had 1,000 hens suffering from it and I 

 have had large numbers at other times. Corn that is sour 

 will produce the worst white-diarrhoea. 



