Show Feeding Too Late I It was formerly a common practice practice tice lice to feed teed baby chicks too soon after hatching batching but now nov many farmers farmers farm tarm- ers and are going to the opposite extreme and waiting too long before feeding About 24 hours are required to complete a hatch That Is It will be 24 hours from the time the first chicks hatch until the last ones are out of ot the shell If It the chicks are not fed untIl until until un un- un- un til more than 48 45 hours after the batch hatch Is completed some Borne of ot the chicks are mure more than 72 hours old before they receive any nourishment nourish nourIsh- ment meat The long wait walt makes them weak and past desire to eat Forty eight hours after the hatch Is completed Is now recommended as the maximum amount of at lime time to withhold withheld feeding For best results the first feed should be given earlier |