Show GOOD FARM POINTERS ON FEEDING CHICKS use mash mixture from time chicks are born start feeding the mash mixture to chicks when they are 36 to 48 hours old and allow constant access to it until bluy reach maturity says tha new lork state college of agriculture provide plenty of feeding space and feed in such amounts that freab mash can be fed twice dally 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 55 per cent protein and 10 pounds of dried skim milk or buttermilk it fine ground heavy oats cannot 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 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 if necessary to make them eat more mash fine grit may be given from the start provide oyster shells after the chicks are four months of age or when they begin to shew evidence of reaching maturity when sunshine enters alie house through glass mix one half pound or one halt pint of cod liver oil into every pounds of mash during the period when mash Is fed afterwards feed enough cod liver oil to equal one halt pound tor each pounds of total teed used ducklings Duc klings overfed on concentrated feeds ducklings Duc klings may be overfed upon concentrated cent rated foods they should have some tender green food in their ration and sand tor grit A recommended ration Is equal parts of rolled oats and bread crumbs with a little sand moistened with water for the first three days after they are at least thirty six hours old and after the third day equal parts of bran and cornmeal added to this mixture after the first week two or three parts of bran one part each of co romeal and wheat 5 per cent one twentieth part dign grade meat scrap and 10 per cent one tenth part chopped green food A little sand should also be added fowls heads turn dark as the result of any one of several internal dis cases the nature of which would require an examination of the organs to disclose hatchability of eggs do not set eggs that are older than a week or ten days decreases rapidly after the eggs are ten days old and the chicks hatched are apt to be low in vitality A room temperature of about 50 degrees 1 best for eggs which are being saved for hatching to lessen the work of turning the eggs while saving they should be placed in a 15 dozen case which should be turned over one side a day this means work but it pays well in the end poultry facts keep comfortable temperature der hover tor chicks do not keep chicks of different ages under the same hover use feed that has proved satisfactory by feeding tests use clean dry sand or litter en floor clean every week and more often U needed separate cockerell cockerels cocker els pullets as e irly as possible or before chicks are ten wet ks old t when the poultry range Is idle it Is a good plan to have a crop of eats growing therein use hopper and water fountains that will not allow chicks to get in feed or water with feet locate brooder house on ground that has had no chickens or manure on it tor the past year when it Is not possible to beep the birds from ranging on a certain area frequent plowing disking and aming are essential like chicks gollings goslings go slings should not be fed until really necessary about thirty six hours Is best they do not eat much for the first few days recent experiments at the university of kentucky have shown that high was secured when hens were allowed bluegrass blu egras rani throughout the season v |