Raising Chickens with Hens i6i 



of giving them too much, as they seldom overeat 

 of this material. From now on, throughout life, 

 summer and winter, some green stuff or succulent 

 vegetable should be fed daily. It is of vital 

 importance. When hens run about, in summer, 

 they pick up enough for themselves, but when con- 

 fined, and during winter months, such food must 

 be provided. 



The third week, then, the ten chicks will be 

 having rolled oats, what they wUl eat clean in a few 

 minutes, three or four times a; day, a cup of dry 

 mash in the afternoon, charcoal, grit, cracked bone, 

 and green food. 



After the third week the chick feed can give way 

 to regular scratch grain — cracked com, wheat, and 

 cut oats. Whole oats are not relished, nor are 

 they good food for chicks. If the rolled oats are 

 continued another week, with cracked com and 

 wheat, the ration will be excellent. The dry mash, 

 also, may now well give way to wet mash in the 

 evening. Mix three parts of bran (pure, coarse, 

 wheat bran), two parts com meal, one part beef 

 scraps. ,Wet this till it is thoroughly moistened, 

 but not sloppy, and feed liberally, about an hour 

 before they go to bed. The tray may be left before 



