336 POTJLTRY CULTURE 



Fermenting putrid feed may cause diarrhea and loss of chicks 

 in forty-eight hours, and those that are affected and do not die 

 do not properly develop. Do not give frozen feed. 



The milk may be either fresh sweet milk or sour milk (clab- 

 ber) or buttermilk. Do not feed sour milk at one time and 

 sweet milk at another, as this method may result in serious 

 bowel trouble. 



Charcoal to the baby chick aids digestion, prevents sour 

 crop and bowel disorders. Feed chick size grit, charcoal, and 

 shell in self -feeding hoppers. 



Clover, blue grass, rape, vetch, sprouted oats, lettuce, and 

 alfalfa 4 to 6 inches high and this cut fine with a knife makes 

 excellent green feed for the baby chick and should be fed not 

 later than the sixth day. 



Dry Litter Feeding of Chicks. — Deep litter feeding of chicks 

 after one week of age has been recommended. The first step 

 is to clean and disinfect in a thorough manner the interior 

 feed pen. Then place upon the floor about 2 or 3 inches of 

 short cut straw or chaff and sprinkle upon this about 15 pounds 

 of scratch feed, then another layer of about 2 inches of litter 

 and more scratch feed. Repeat these layers till there has 

 been sown down about 60 pounds to each 50 chicks, which is 

 about what they will consume in about six weeks. 



TURKEYS AND POULTS 



In turkey raising an orchard will be found an excellent range. 



Cottage-cheese, buttermilk, or clabber milk is excellent. 

 The breeders need green feed, but usually secure this by forag- 

 ing. Bone meal, also meat scraps from the table, may be fed. 



The birds need plenty of grit. Oats and wheat make excel- 

 lent grain feeds, and should be scattered over the ground and 

 not fed from troughs. 



Examine the turkey hens and poults to make sure they are 

 not infested with lice or other vermin. In case they are 

 infested dust with louse powder, as in the case of hens. 



The young poults should not be fed for the first day after 

 hatching, for the same reason that feed is withheld from the 

 baby chicks. At the end of twenty-four hours feed hard- 



