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Show r vnnrivl EARLY BIRD GETS RICH EGG RATION February Chicks Should Make Rapid Growth. Leghorn chicks hatched in Febru-' Febru-' ary should be fed rations that make fur continual rapid growth, is the ad-I ad-I vice offered by the poultry department I of the New Jersey Agricultural col-lego. col-lego. I'ullets from early hatched chicks cannot be expected to produce a profitable prof-itable number of eggs during the summer sum-mer and fall. If their growth is stunt-' ed in any manner. Any good baby j chick ration will prove satisfactory i until the birds are eight or ten week:) old. After that date, the specialists advise that they be placed upon a ration ra-tion similar to a good laying ration, but containing a larger amount of minerals. To have the bird come into production as soon as possible and at the same time have her continue her body growth Is the poultryman's aim. No matter how they are fed, February Feb-ruary hatched birds can always be expected to go through a moult in the late fall. They can use this period for any increase In weight or growth that has not been accomplished previously. pre-viously. One must remember that an early hatched bird is an entirely different individual from a late hatched bird. The later hatches should have a much slower development in order to prevent pre-vent an early winter moult, but with the early hatched stock the aim is to get all of the eggs possible before the early winter moult. |