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boiled egg with them, so much the better. Infer- 

 tile eggs taken from the incubator are good for this 

 purpose. A hard-boiled egg, ground or crushed, 

 shell and all, should be mixed with a cup of rolled 

 oats. 



Sprinkle a tablespoon of this over a shallow pan, 

 and place it where the chicks can reach it. Biddy 

 will lead them aright. She should be fed, mean- 

 while, with a handful of whole com each morning 

 and night, so she will not wish to eat too much chick 

 feed. 



It is customary to advise removing the pans after 

 ' five minutes, and also to advise getting up with the 

 sun to feed the babies before they get hungry. 

 Busy people have a good deal on hand to be done, 

 and while these rules may be proper for owners of 

 large flocks, they are not suited, and fortunately 

 not necessary, in all cases. 



If you can arrange it, leave the pan five or ten 

 minutes, and then remove it, with what food is left. 

 If not convenient to visit the chicks so often, 

 simply feed just about what they will eat up clean. 

 This is easy to adjust after one or two meals. 



While yotmg they should be fed about five times 

 a day. The food for the early meal may be 



