Show MAKING BIG iNES NES OUT OF ONES ours Proper Feeding reeding o 0 of Vital Vit I Importance e Duran During the Ea Ia 1 l b Dt of a ChIcks Checks Bu Eu nr n s to fro fro- frok k me ruto nito i t small coup coun try tl coul COUI t l i im m rece As I enter entel- entered cd ed a convicted ch c en thief v w vas as Just jus t sentence Thirty da days un o othe n the rock lock pile Hen v drawled th the e judge Judg- and continued tad ind when hen yo OU u get home again lie ry lY get yourself f some little honestly and honestly d try making In nd big ones put ut of little ones one s for a while instead y f always hw h to mike little ones put ut of big ones one s on the county rock pi e the way s y e been doing here latel The Thc soundness of hIs us homely ad advice advice advice vice struck strud me u vi v F forcibly I couldn't help thinking thanking 10 iov ioui mw nore the thc poultry business be if every ever one en a 1 red ext ai in m it co could ld realize how many th of dol- dol dollars dollars dol dollars lars ai every yea year because poul- poul poultry poul tl try y raisers generally wie I re e not doing domgall all they should in the way ay of making bIg ones out of little hWe ores es Over 20 years ago I adopted J a aplan plan of feeding youn young chicks whIch proved so successful that I have ha continued it without change ever since Many have adO adopted ed it tt trIed all sorts of variations t t t and have rev rc oh eel cd all around It itin in an vac ions ways Invariably howe ei el they re return return return turn ain again to mv nn origin origin- origins system s I I know adopting that many can n profit bY by adopt adopt- ing my method so 80 I shall shaU describe Ido It as fully as sp space will permit I do not dawn claim this is the best t method for ther there is no best one If your pees pres present ent method ll gres the desired results do not change A great many are arc n now successfully feeding an nn all mash ration from the start to maturity ty and not feed feed- feeding Jn ring ing- any nn v whole hole or on cracked grain at atall aU all Many rany others i 1 successfully start their baby ch chicks on a mash starter feed fC Cd and after niter two t te weeks e ks supplement ent It with commercial chick grim e etc iMy Iy method is 16 quite dl different When my chicks are about 48 hours old I take them th an out oft o the incubator and i PUt mat them into th the brooder roo room tm that thatIS th thatis a at atis IS v warm arm thoroughly thoroughly cleaned and dis disinfected mf infected The t temperature under the hot ho hoer er should be clo o to degrees and coldI the rooms room 5 should ouId not be too cold I give ve then them th at t ts is time f fre fresh h buttermilk butter butter- buttermilk buttermilk milk or fresh in nn clean I vessels that a ar protected so they cannot get into the milk with their i feet I also pr provide vIde thorn them with th Wa wa- wa ter water with Chick Tablets Tablet i dissolved rn In I It it in clean e wes cIs protected in the wane v way a Iso I also so give them then baby chick grit and charcoal oral and keep this before throe at all U tunes tines A few fN hours 1 ter I give them their first fast feed which IS pinhead steel cut oatmeal This M n the same sante kind of If oatmeal our hers heM used to make mush out of when we the older of ofAS lS as were ere youn Itcan It can till still be se- se secured se secured cured in m all the lar larger cities Rolled d oats 11 are arc too large to feel feed e at this tIme urless flour br ken up I spread pap pap- papers ers on the near n r the ho hovers and put the oatmeal al on the I J 3 pavers parsers see e th that eth all SolI 11 the get on the the paper papel and th they y are soon loon oon all eating I lea leave leac c this thia before them for about ten minutes j The Tha second feed f na consist of either r commercial al n comme chick l grain or al oatmeal forthe After r the fir fir- first firt t day and rOll for the tho first ten lays clays I mix ml one part of o and two t parts p chick gram grain and feed whit ht they will clean up In about fifteen minutes every cv e cry ery thre three hours at G 6 12 3 and 6 o'clock Milk be as well teJI as yater u ater should be kept be- be fare the then n all 31 a tl the time tame Mao bo tender grass blasS or other oilier green g-feen food should be provided ery eus ev e ry day If milk is LS not no t avaIlable O one hard bird boiled egg should be ground i u up fine and fed to each 25 2 chicks payI dayI each pay day y I keep clean can ean chaff or short cut cu straws SitT on t ie e noon of the e room and ncr fter the chicks are 4 or 0 r 5 day days old I scatter all aU their Fram Frei n feed in m th the litter and make then them nt t scratch fo for it During the tine sewn second d week I sta t feeding a lr dry mas mash h mad by b n ir g e 1 c art arts ts s when at t bral v corn COTTI m meal l wheat mud mid ca Oa real and if no nun 1111 is be- be be be f fed 1 I Ia Ip a Id 10 1 p rn dl of or I t i iI grade Jrade f fc c rp r pj to t J 4 4 n For about a week ceJ I give them in hop hop- hoppers ho hoppers pers pens at 9 nd 3 o'clock each day what wha they will eat of this mash in m a half hap hour This Thi of course is rs fed dry When the chicks are about two tw 0 weeks old this dry mash can be kep kept t before fore th then thein all the time in m hoppers len I begin feeding the above mash mashI I discontinue ue the 9 and 3 o'clock gram grain feed and feed grim brain hee times day Abo Also when l JJ lA gm gm ine dry mash I leave leaf e the oatmeal oat oat- oat oatmeal meal out the pf f the grim glim and ind gl grain gram only r Prom From rom t the the e third to the si sixth dh week I contin contine e feeding baby JS scratch g gr in in m litter morning noon and night Gradually increasing the amount but never goring giving them titan n can Be e a cleaned up in m 16 15 At all tm tin times es 1 I een ern before them grit and ind charcoal When six sir weeks k old aM a c crumbly wet ma mash h can be fed fedin inn trough i at noon only what they will cleanup clem up in m fifteen minutes made b by wetting wettin f the dry dr mish mash with mIlk and lea leave eloff off the noonday grain glam feed Beg ip- ip I g with the Sl sixth th week I start fo fe fee ing mg m whole wheat heat cracked corn and milo ilo maize instead of fuse fine chick gran gri n or mix ml inn thorn diem together Chicks noly no v m meat eat cat whole sprouted oats and can en also handle s I as grit and c Schedule and charcoal s so si o- o tc s-tc-m temp of eding m minis re-minis as s b before le lIy Jle mcrea increasing mg hon 1 until th the binds app h ity Then they may v hiv hay the rations lations intended cl far fOT la laying ml pu lets ets and hens 01 or bl breeding males male ItIS It is mo 1110 t l important to keep chicks growing e a el v minute That Thit is 15 what hat this sched lie le Ie is intended to do and rt It will trill III sue suc eed if given en i t fair chance chane You cann raise curiae circles chicks successfully however cr u constant attention to detail detail neglect will 11 newer never ne er do it Copyright Copyright- 1929 By Dl DI DIL D Dr DL L D r LeGear V S r |