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Show Eeel and Cafe Y ." of Brooder. Chicks . . -n Prepared by the Poultry Department 3 of the Utah 'Agricultural T, College wv J '"Baby chicks should not receive feed of any kind beforo they nro nWu forty-olght hours old. Thon for tlio first threo or four days thoy may bo fed tho following mixtures: Two ports rolled oats, two parts stalo bread, ono part mixture corn nnd wheat, ono part hard boiled eggs. Mix thoso well together after being well chopped but not powdered. Stalo bread soaked in milk is also good, but when used, care should bo exorcised ex-orcised to squeczo all tho silk out ot tho bread beforo feeding. Thls mix-turo mix-turo of feed may bo gradually supplemented sup-plemented by some good commercial chick feed or n mixturo of chopped wheat, corn, chopped oats nnd barloy hulls blown out, well mixed with good tlcan bcof scraps. Put togothor In nbout tho following proportions: two parts corn, t,wo parts whcat.two parts barley, ono part oats, ono part beef scraps. A llttlo rolled onts may also bo ndd-od ndd-od when so desired. Any of tlio above grains may bo omitted without sorl-oiih sorl-oiih rosults, but all togothor thoy glvo good vnrloty and In n good ration. A good substitute for tho bcof scraps would bo to glvo tho chicks all tho good cloan skim milk (awoot or sour) or buttermilk thoy will drink, caro being taken to keep the vessels cloan and sanitary. 1 Plenty of pure fresh wntor, grit, ground bone (dried), charcoal and green feed should bo avallablo from tho ilrst. Feed tho chloks flvo or six times dally and only what thoy will eat UP cloan in a fow mlnutos, except at night, when thoy should receive all they want. It Is not good to glvo small chleks. nil they will oat and then require them to become ravenously raven-ously hungry boforo the next feeding. Bowel disordors are frequently onused by exposure Imnronor brood- or.. temperatures and from feeding n .too large proportion of animal foods especially If theso feeds nre not ot good quality. Wco well cooked cook-ed and mled with a. little charcoal often provos beneficial. tho best method 'of handling this trouble Is' to seek for tlio cnuso of its appearance, appear-ance, and as soon as found wheth-or wheth-or In the food or method of brooding, poor ventilation, over crowding, or oxtromes of temperatures remove tlio cause and the troublo will also disappear. Sdur milk Is one of the bqst preventatives to use ngalnat the spreading of white diarrhea if given in time. |