Poultry Feeding. 



From eight to ten weeks : — 



15. — 8 parts of maize meal. 



4 rough oatmeal. 

 3 ,, scalded bran. 



3 cooked meat. 

 2 grit. 



No green food. Three times daily. 



Ducks. 



For breeding birds, until they show signs of coming on to 

 lay, and if allowed out to graze, feed as follows : — 



16. — 10 parts bran (if weather be very hot scald this). 



4 ,, oatmeal. 

 2 ,, maize meal. 

 2 ,, cooked meat. 

 2 grit. 



Give twice a day, and add as much green food as they will 

 eat, chopped clover being the best possible. 

 For laying birds : — 



17. — 4 parts of wheat bran. 



4 ,, maize meal. 

 4 ,, oatmeal. 



2 cooked meat. 



2 ,, finely-chopped cabbage, green rye, or green clover. 



1 part boiled turnips or swedes. 



2 parts grit. 



1 part oyster shell. 



Give morning and evening, and at mid-day put a meal of oats 

 barley, or wheat, mixed with grit, into their water troughs. 



Turkeys. 



These birds come originally from a hot climate and are, there- 

 fore, apt to be very delicate in England when young, but if kept 

 very dry both overhead and under-foot, and out of reach of cold 

 winds, they will usually be found to grow fast and do well. 



They may be reared in the same way as chickens, but they 

 must be moved on to fresh land every day, for, like pheasants 

 and other wild birds, tainted land affects them very soon and 

 kills them very easily. Turkeys should never be reared two 

 years in succession on the same ground. 



Young turkeys when hatched do not seem to know how to 

 feed themselves. It is wise to rear them with chicks for the first 

 few weeks, until they learn how to look after themselves and to 

 find their own food. 



