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Show Avoid Overcrowding Toe picking, cannibalism and feather feath-er pulling are no! due as much to a lack of something to eat as for a lack of something to do and overcrowding, over-crowding, according to L. M. Hurd, Cornell university. Large numbers of chicks should not be kept together. Three hundred chicks are usually enough to keep in one lot or house. A range on grass and plenty of feeding space at the hoppers will do much to keep down bad habits. Sufficient space can be provided by affording one feeder three feet long for each 100 chicks the first week. After the first week, a feeder four feet long should be provided for each 100. |