Show FLOCK VITAMIN NEED STRESSED I Poultry y News I 1 Nutritional disorders Inc including I u d' d mg rickets and roun rous which cause heavy losses yearly to poultry farm operators can readily be overcome through consistent feeding of foods containing vital vitamins F F. F E. E La- La Sheila Shello Jr author of a current poultry poultry poultry poul poul- I try guide opines Cod liver oil as as contained In Inmost most commercially mixed mashes Is one of f the most important supplements known to poultry authorities for overcoming nutritional disorders M Mr LaShelle writes Certain minerals min mm- er ls are arc required for Cor normal glandular gland gland- ul til ular r secretion and functions he headds headds adds and are likewise vital in the chickens chicken's ration The art artof of mixing food for Cor chickens chick chick- ens takes years of study and experImenting experimenting ex ex- ex- ex he said Commercially mixed mashes are for that reason 1 perhaps more advantageous than domestic feeds because Individual problems have been converted Inta into Int a mass product should have been put pot before beCore pullets ts' ts before this time The operator was warned by the authority however a against forcIng forcing forc arc arc- ing log the chickens by feeding oversupplies oversupplies oversupplies over- over supplies of the mash Reduction of ot the of laying mash and regular ration should be made if they are in excess ss of 25 per percent percent cent or 25 e eggs n s per chickens Forcing young birds to lay Jay will shorten their lives Jives and bring them into molts too early In the tho fall Body weight and resistance must be built up by feeding one pound of scratch grain for Cor each two pounds of ot mash consumed In the fall months the recommended proportion proportion proper proper- tion is one pound of ot scratch grain for each one and one half pounds of mash consumed Soft shelled eggs can readily be traced to eight causes he said They include lack of direct sunlight overly fat condition of the chickens lack Jack of proper shell material forced production extreme looseness of th the bowels fright disease of the oviduct oviduct oviduct ovi ovi- duct and improper function of the shell glands A dose of oC epsom salts one pound to six quarts of water was su suggested suggested sug sug- as a remedy for or soft shells i caused by forced laying |