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Edited by 
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THE HENYARD 
Leg Weakness in Chicks 
I have some White Leghorn chicks, 
three weeks old. Up to two weeks they 
were doing splendidly, but on the third 
week a great many have developed weak 
legs and their wings droop. They squat 
down most of the time under the hover. 
They eat all right and have no bowel 
trouble. They have before them grit and 
dry mash all the time.' The first week 
they were fed scratch only five times a 
day. The second week they were fed 
scratch four times a day. and bran once 
a day. The third, just three feedings of 
scratch and a dry mash before them all 
the time. They have also been given, as 
a green feed, beets, grated fine, once a 
day, from the second week on. They have 
also had sour skim-milk to drink from 
the start. What may be the cause of leg 
weakness, and what can I do to remedy 
same? M. w. 
New York. 
You do not say whether or not these 
chicks are able to get out upon the 
ground ; if not, the cause of leg weakness 
may be confinement to brooder floor and 
lack of outdoor exercise and sunshine. It 
is not wise to keep chicks confined to 
brooders for more than two weeks at the 
most, and it is better to give them an op¬ 
portunity to run outside before they 
have reached that age. It is perfectly 
safe to let chicks out for contact with 
the earth even upon cold days, if they 
have been taught to go back to the brood¬ 
er and hover for warmth whenever they 
feel the need of it. This is not a diffi¬ 
cult matter if they are confined by a 
fence near the entrance to the brooder 
and this entrance is so made as to fur¬ 
nish easy access to the brooder door, with¬ 
out opportunity to get under it. A mound 
of dirt is superior to a board runway. A 
new method of guarding against this form 
of leg weakness in brooder chicks is the 
giving of cod liver oil in the food. As 
suggested by the Cornell Experiment Sta¬ 
tion, two teaspoons may be given in a 
moist mash daily for each 100 chicks dur¬ 
ing the first week. This amount to he 
increased by one teaspoon each week up 
to four weeks, and then given in that 
amount till the chicks are eight weeks 
old. 
Beets or other vegetables are not green 
food. Give green leafy food, lettuce, 
clover, etc., and, before that is available, 
sprouted oats. With these measures ob¬ 
served, brooder leg weakness should not 
occur in the flock. m. b. d. 
Corn As Chief Feed 
I have 1,000 White Leghorns, 400 year- 
old pullets, and 600 old hens. I grow 
enough corn on farm to feed chickens and 
all other stock. I have been feeding 
cracked corn and small amount of wheat.; 
have purchased some good heavy oats. In 
what proportions should I mix the corn 
and oats, and, if best, wheat, to get best 
results? I would like to use as much 
cracked corn as is advisable. Wheat is 
not so easy to get, and about double the 
price of oats. Should there be any differ¬ 
ence in feeding the pullets and old hens, 
and, as the weather gets warmer, should I 
feed less corn? s. E. C. 
Delmar, Del. 
Corn, wheat and oats have very much 
the same feeding value, so far as their 
analysis goes, but they obviously differ in 
their adaption to the needs of fowls, 
somewhat because of their external char¬ 
acteristics, rather than their composition. 
Corn and wheat rank together and may 
be used interchangeably, though corn is 
believed to be slightly the better of the 
two if but one grain is to be fed. Oats, 
because of their large fiber content, due 
largely to the light husk, do not make as 
concentrated a food and they are not very 
palatable, many flocks refusing to eat 
them in any great quantity. 
It is probably best to make corn the 
basis of the whole grain ration, using it 
for one-half or more of the total amount; 
then wheat and such other grains as are 
available may be added, oats in any 
quantity which will be readily consumed 
by the fowls. Barley is usually liked by 
hens, as is buckwheat. Small amounts 
of rye will also be eaten. If I had plenty 
of corn of my own raising, however, I 
should make that constitute the bulk of 
the whole grain fed. Old hens and lay¬ 
ing pullets should be fed alike, and it is 
not necessary to alter the amount of com 
fed in warm weather. m. b. d. 
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