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Show POULTRY NOTES. The little chicks like a clean house as well as any one. The scrub hen is going out of style, just as the scrub cow. When about three weeks old is a critical time with early chicks. If the little chicks are missed soon after they are hatched, look out for cats and rats. Very young chickens have small crops and consequently require feeding feed-ing frequently. Too much bran will also cause the chicks to have digestion troubles, so feed It rather sparingly. Feed the little chicks ground grain and skim milk. Do not let the hen lead them into wet grass. When the brooder chicks seem very thirsty, wild for water, let them drink r.nd feed very lightly while so fever ish. Lice cause the loss of more chicks than all other causes combined. Keep up a constant warfare against the lice. Chicks forced when young do not make as rapid growth as they approach ap-proach maturity as those fed a more moderate ration. Fowls need green food at this season sea-son of the year. Better results will be obtained if you allow them to graze a portion of the day. Feed little chicks on a clean board, which should be cleaned often and dried in the sun. Disease can be avoided in this manner. Many a setting of eggs has been spoiled by making the nest on the floor where the wind can come up through the cracks under the old mother hen. |