SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
in the yolk of the egg from which the 
chick is hatched. Just before the chick 
hatches from the shell the yolk is absorbed 
into the abdomen. If you will consider 
the quality and quantity of food provided 
by nature for the little chicks, in the yolk 
absorbed, and then consider the chicks’ 
size and strength and probable needs, you 
will readily see that they will not suffer 
without other food for at least three days 
after they have been hatched. 
From my observation of nature and 
my own experience in feeding little chicks, 
I believe that forty-eight hours after 
hatching is the best time to commence 
feeding them. 
A few hours before giving them their 
first food, place a little sharp grit before 
them. They will not eat enough of this 
to hurt them; a little coarse, clean sand 
will be good for this purpose. 
The opinion of many good poultrymen 
is that a little grit in the chick’s gizzard 
to start with is a good thing, for it stimu- 
lates it to early action, thereby causing 
the first food received to be well ground. 
Good and thorough grinding is the first 
step in good and thorough digestion, 
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