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Show CARING FOR YOUNG GOSLINGS Should Be Left In Nest or Incubator Twenty-Four Hours After HatchingKeep Hatch-ingKeep Them Dry. G slings should be left in the nest or Incubator for twenty-four hours after hatching, then fed with light bread soaked in milk and young, tender grass cut up line and mixed with it. If they will not eat ll. open their mouths and pour It In with a spoon. It Is often bard to tench them to eat, and many are lost If left to learn alone, or are put out with their mothers until they can eat. Scatter blaits of short grass among them and they will soon learn lo pick it up. Two or three feeds will usually teach them and save you many dollars. After Aft-er they learn to eat this, feed unsifted unsift-ed cornmeal and bran. Keep the mother Indoors until thn dew is off the ground, after which confine her to a small pasture. If possible, as she will tire the young goslings by walking too far. Do not let them get chilled or got caught out In a heavy rain, for they are much more easily drowned than chickens. Exposure to cold, damp weather and wet coops will give them rheumatism. Plenty of grass and water are necessary, with a little grain, until the time for fattening arrives ar-rives In the fall. |