CARE OF GROWING STOCK 



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three weeks old, then if weather is cold and damp, as we all 

 find our Minnesota weather in March and April, I transfer 

 them to another brooder where the artificial heat is about 

 forty degrees and where the hover compartment is sufficient- 

 ly high so that the chicks can stand up without their heads 

 fouclung the top. In the month of May I can usually 

 shift them from the baby nursery, when three weeks old, 

 right into good tight colony houses and keep them there until 

 the chicks are too large for them. 







Attractive and Successful Colony Houses for Growing Chicks. 



I start all my young chicks on rolled dry bread crumbs 

 and oatmeal, then introduce and use prepared chick foods 

 until chicks are old enough to ea.t wheat, kaffir corn and 

 millet, and, perhaps, once a week, cracked com. Corn is 

 too fattening to feed often and I believe in building frame 

 first. I feed only twice a day after the chicks are three or 

 four weeks old though they always go to roost with full 

 crops. Our chicks have good grass runs, plenty of shade, 

 gOod fresh water and fre| access to grit, charcoal, oyster 

 shell, bran and beef scraps. 



As soon as the sexes are distinguishable I separate them 

 as they always do better separate and then frequently vary 

 vthe grains fed. 



