t GOOD POINTERS ON FEEDING CHICKS use mash mixture fro from in time chicks are born bom start feeding the wash mash mixture to chicks when they are 30 to 43 hours old and allow constant access to it until tiny reach maturity says the new york state college of agriculture provide plenty of 0 feeding space and feed in such amounts that fresh mash can tie be fed twice dally daily the mash mixture recommended by the college contains 45 pounds of yellow corn meal 10 pounds of wheat bran 15 pounds of flour wheat 10 pounds of fine ground heavy oats 2 pounds of steamed bone meal pound of salt 10 pounds of meat scrap 50 55 per cent protein and 10 pounds of dried skim milk or buttermilk if fine ground heavy oats can not be obtained yellow corn meal may be substituted for the oats the dried milk may be omitted from the mash when liquid or condensed milk products are used when the chicks are eight weeks old begin feeding the grain mixture composed of 60 pounds of cracked yellow corn and 40 pounds of when wheat in hoppers keep it constantly before the chicks they should not eat as much scratch grain by weight as mash until three months old restrict the amount of grain it if necessary to mal make e them eat more mash fine grit may be given from the start provide oyster shells after the chicks are tour four months of age or when they begin to show evidence of reaching maturity when sunshine enters the house through glass mix one halt half pound or pint of cod liver oil into every pounds of mash during the period when mash Is fed afterwards teed feed enough cod liver oil to equal one half pound for each pounds of total feed used