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a little grit before the chick at this time, be¬ 
cause the chick has no teeth, and never will 
have, so they eat the grit, and this grit passes 
down to the gizzard, which grinds the food in 
place of grinding with the teeth, as with other 
animals. Fresh water is also good for the chick 
during this period, as the water quenches their 
thirst, and makes them livelier. Towards the 
end of the second day, it is well to feed the 
chick a little sour skim milk, or buttermilk. 
Sour milk is superior to the sweet milk for two 
reasons. First, the sour skim milk has bacteria 
that aid in digestion, and secondly, it will be 
found that it will be hard to keep the milk 
sweet all the time, and by feeding sweet milk 
part of the time, and then letting it become 
sour, digestive troubles are liable to develop. 
Hence, by having it sour all the time, no danger 
from this source will be experienced. , 
Now, we are ready to consider what kind of 
grain we shall feed the chick. On the third 
day we can start to feed a little grain. What 
is known as pinhead oatmeal is very good to 
start the young chick out on. Some feed hard 
boiled eggs .and dried bread for the first feed¬ 
ing with good results. It is important to note 
