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THE  HENYARD 
Cost  of  Raising  Chicks 
I  have  a  chicken  farm  in  the  making, 
also  a  large  incubator  which  I  start  in 
February.  A  friend  of  mine  wants  to  put 
in  100  eggs  from  Black  Minorca  purebred 
stock.  We  have  agreed  on  a  price  for 
hatching  per  egg.  He  wants  me  to  brood 
and  raise  the  chicks  hatched  for  him 
till  June  1,  which  I  am  wiling  to  do.  1 
to  furnish  everything — coal.  feed,  greens, 
care,  etc.,  but  we  cannot  arive  at  a  price 
per  chick  for  the  three  months.  These 
will  be  raised  with  my  own  White  Wyan¬ 
dottes.  I  expect  to  put  in  200  eggs  with 
his  100  the  first,  hatch.  Can  you  give 
me  any  idea  what  to  charge  for  a  job 
like  this,  where  I  am  raising  them  with 
my  own?  __  J.  w.  s. 
Skaneateles,  N.  Y. 
The  rate  for  custom  hatching  this  year 
is  reported  at  3%  cents  per  egg  from  the 
sections  I  have  heard  from.  The  charge 
for  feeding,  brooding  and  caring  for  chicks 
during  the  first  12  weeks  is  simply  a  ques¬ 
tion  of  the  cost,  of  labor,  feed  and  fuel 
which  varies  somewhat  under  different 
conditions.  The  per  cent  of  mortality  also 
affects  the  cost  per  chick,  as  the  greater 
the  loss  the  smaller  number  of  chicks  will 
have  to  stand  all  expense.  It  takes  about 
six  lbs.  of  feed  to  raise  a  Leghorn  chick 
up  to  12  weeks  of  age  and  it,  also  takes 
some  milk  and  green  feed  to  make  a  real 
good  job  of  it.  The  milk  and  green  feed 
would  figure  from  5  to  10  cents  per  chick 
and  the  feed  about  25  cents  per  chick. 
The  cost  of  fuel  should  not  exceed  10  cents 
per  day  for  each  brooder  holding  200  to 
300  chicks,  regardless  of  the  number  of 
chicks  it  contains.  With  280  chicks  to 
be  brooded  eight  weeks  the  cost  would  be 
practically  2  cents  each  for  fuel.  This 
makes  an  actual  expense  of  about  37 
cents  each,  without  the  addition  of  any¬ 
thing  for  losses  or  overhead  expense, 
which  must  he  added  to  the  feed  cost, 
together  with  your  labor  cost.  As  the 
most  labor  is  required  during  the  first 
12  weeks  of  the  chicks’  lives  the  labor 
hill  is  no  small  item  if  you  are  to  charge 
what  your  time  is  really  worth,  or  what 
it  would  cost  to  hire  the  work  done.  This 
labor  cost  varies  to  such  an  extent  in 
different  localities  under  different  weather 
and  wage  conditions  it  must  be  worked 
out  according  to  your  local  conditions. 
C.  S.  GREENE. 
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Changing  a  Ration 
I  am  feeding  a  commercial  mash  at 
present,  but  find  it  too  expensive.  Will 
it  stop  the  birds  laying  or  hurt  them  to 
change  and  give  the  Cornell  mash,  which 
I  would  mix  myself?  I  have  plenty  of 
sweet  and  sour  milk,  and  in  mixing  the 
mash  would  it  be  necessary  to  add  half 
scraps?  At  present  1  am  feeding  a  hot 
mash  in  the  morning.  Will  it  cut  down 
on  the  laying  if  1  omit  this  and  give 
grain?  J.  E. 
Morristown.  N.  J. 
I  should  make  the  change  gradually, 
mixing  the  two  kiuds  of  mash  and  grad¬ 
ually  discontinuing  the  commercial  prep¬ 
aration  that  it  is  desired  to  drop.  The 
fowls  will  not  get  enough  milk  in  a  moist 
mash  to  take  the  place  of  beef  scrap 
but  if  they  are  given  all  that  they  will 
drink  daily  in  addition,  the  meat  scrap 
may  be  superseded.  It  is  estimated  that 
from  12  to  14  qts.  of  skim-milk  daily  for 
each  100  fowls  will  replace  the  beef 
scrap  usually  fed  in  the  mash.  It  is  prob¬ 
ably  better  to  give  both  rather  than  to 
discontinue  meat  scrap  entirely,  though 
the  amount  of  the  latter  may,  of  course, 
be  very  much  cut  down  if  plenty  of  skim- 
milk  is  at  hand. 
Yes,  if  you  cut  out  ground  grains 
(mash)  from  your  daily  ration  you  will 
cut  down  egg  production,  though  you 
may  gradually  change  from  moist  to  dry 
mash  feeding  if  you  wish  to  save  labor. 
Remember  that  all  changes  in  feeding 
laying  fowls  should  be  made  gradually. 
Any  abrupt  change  is  likely  to  induce 
partial  molting  and  check  egg  production. 
M.  B.  D. 
Trapnested  and  Pedigree  Bred 
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records  up  to  309  eggs.  Decide  now  to  grow  the  best.  Our  free 
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WEST  MANSFIELD  POULTRY  FARM 
Box  40  Attleboro,  Mass. 
Raw  Meat  Scraps  for  Poultry 
Would  a  flock  of  Leghorn  chickens  do 
as  well  on  raw  meat  scrap  and  raw  hone 
meal  as  on  commercial  meat  scrap?  If 
so  state  the  amount  in  pounds  given  daily 
to  100  chickens,  also  to  100  baby  chicks? 
Middleburgli,  X.  Y.  F.  TV. 
Yes,  green  cut  hone,  with  adhering 
meat,  may  be  used  to  replace  commercial 
meat  scrap  in  the  ration  of  hens,  though 
it  is  a  product  very  likely  to  spoil  in 
warm  weather  and  should  be  fed  with 
care.  About  a  half  ounce  per  hen  daily. 
It  would  probably  be  better  to  feed  some 
meat  scrap  in  the  mash,  say  one-third  to 
one-half  the  usual  amount,  if  green  cut 
hone  was  also  used.  There  is  much  dif¬ 
ference  in  the  meat  content  of  various 
hatches  of  cut  bone,  sometimes  there  is 
eonsiderable  meat,  at  other  times  very 
little. 
I  should  much  prefer  milk  in  some 
form  for  baby  chicks  and  would  not  rec¬ 
ommend  the  feeding  of  green  cut  hone. 
if.  rt.  D. 
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