| Show importance OF GOOD FEED well established fact that it 13 ea ess ler to hatch chickens Chickc no thin th ii to raise them tt it is id i ft wi ll fact that it la Is I 1 vaster easier to harch chickens than to i acae hiem ile in the nit method has given i on a successful poultry cratit 1 por lle 1 io arll six days a commercial hick dilk 1 biml ld Is used consisting ot of cracked btuch as wheat oats oata corn millet aeed aced ced bcd grit brit egg shells and meat ti craps pait of tho the feed Is placed in h hallow sati cers and tho among ll 11 chaff it Is id im important ll 11 octant that the yount birds lf be active so for food Is clean wale Is kett ket becj i hem at nil all times when the chicks ire ait lot jet into 1 e c out door runs which is about the sixth day if tho the weather la Is favorable aklin milk Is ia added to the ration this Is foil fed it a day in fit the morning and is IP placed in drinkle drink lm fountains in tho he outside runways tho quantity of 0 milk fed Is determined by what will be ba cleaned up tip within a short time fox for self feeder for chicks it is not allowed to stand in the foun fo in bains tajes all day the di inking drinking fountains in tho thet brooders broaders bro oders are kept sup hup plied piled with water and can be removed to tile tho outside runways when desired at this period one or even two of 0 tile the three dally daily feeds of tho the commercial C hick chick feed may be replaced by johnny cake when the chicks die are about three weeks old the commercial feed Is gradually replaced by a mixture consisting of one half of whole wheat hent one fourth of cracked corn and one fout fourth of steel cut oats this is 1 thrown into the inside runways mornings and evenings in a a little loaa less than the chicks will eat in the middle of the day fifty chicks receive to in place of the graan mixture a piece of 0 homemade home made bread called john johnny y cake about six eli inches I 1 es square and and two inches thick this 1 s la Is made of one ona part oa oatmeal two pa part r tg scorn corn meal a little whole wheat flour ft a pinch ot of sal bait t al abul id infertile eggs from the incubator the whole being mixed with sour bour milk and soda soan Fromi two to six eggs are used lit in rt a johnny camp cake eighteen inches ln clies square anti and two inches L d thick the rule Is to teed feed half thirds of wl NY k the chicks chick will eat of this hit cake r feed anything in cueli bunn t portions will lie be loft left tu to be trampled ter the chicks have lost interest lit in it tit in additon to the mixed grains and cake a swill small quantity of some cuccu let lent material la Is thrown thron into thu the runways por for this purpose grass carrots kale letteen rind the ho like anro use I 1 kale la is much relished and lett lettuce lice Is one of tho the best feeds of this kind the quantity of this material fed ed may be judged from tho the statement tut that one apple or one loaf of kale Is given to fifty chicks chickens v hlll not scratch when they tire overfed nor when there Is no feed in the litter the idea Is to keep them scratching the changes in rations are arc mado gradually tra dually disorders are arc easily caused by sudden mid radical changes vi 01 feed during this period finely chopped met in IF fed sparingly tho the chicks rot got a good many worms from tile tho fres freshly tily spaded opadea soil in the outside runs scrupulous is observed about the brooders broaders bro oders and runways kv ev grything bry thing la Is carefully dis infected by the hie free use 1 f disinfectants disinfect ants before the chicks are aie placed in their quarters this pro prevents vents trouble with vermin avil aad 11 sickness Ic kness any chicks that do not she show growth and from day to dy day d y me are immediately removed thus thua insuring tho the strength and vigor ot of the flock tho the self feeder shown in the illustration la Is a useful for the poultry ralser it la is mado made out or of a tin pall new or old having a lid ild to it A hole Is cut three inches long and the tb tin back a as chown this hila will allow the lite feed to ruu down as aa fast as lua eat cat it |
