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THE VETERINARY SCIENCE 
7. Care and Feeding oi Young Chickens. 
Place a couple of wall trays in the colony house contain- 
ing a little chicken grit and a little lime. As a first feed 
sprinkle upon the floor a little grit, dry bread crumbs and 
crumbled hard-boiled egg. Bread crumbs and hard-boiled 
egg make excellent diet for the first week. Then prepare a 
food composed of: 
Millet 1 pound. 
Bran 2 pounds 
Cracked Corn 2 pounds. 
Oat Meal 1 pound. 
Ground Bone pound. 
Chicken Grit H pound. 
Mix this thoroughly together while dry. Feed a little 
of this mixture each day. IRie best plan is to place the food 
in position every night so that the chicks have access to it 
in the early morning. A little finely cut beef scraps — fresh — 
may be given as dessert. 
When the chicks are a couple of weeks old feed: 
Chopped Wheat 2 pounds. 
Chopped Corn 2 pounds. 
Chopped Oats puiinds. 
Ground Bone 1 pound. 
Mix this dry. To prepare, mix what is required for a 
feed with a little water. Do not make it *'mushy," merely 
sufficiently damp to be crumbled between the fingers. 
Vary this diet with a little screenings, small grain, etc., 
as the chicks grow. 
Always keep an abundant supply of fresh water con- 
stantly where it is easily accessible. 
We do not claim that this course of feeding is the only 
successful one that may be followed ; we merely claim that 
it is not theoretical but practical, as we have followed such 
a course and found it to produce strong, healthy and vigor- 
ous stock. 
Observe the following precautions: 
1. Feed only what is required. 
2. Keep the quarters dry, warm, well ventilated and 
scrupulously clean. 
3. Constantly keep a lookout for lice and vermin of all 
kinds. 
4. Provide variety of food, but only such as is fitted for 
chicks. 
5. Examine the hen for lice as well as the chicks. 
