| Show CARE OF DUCKS The requirements of ot ducks are so few tew that anyone can raise them They I are less bother than chickens not requiring requiring re re- re- re rei i quiring suc varied feeding and a 11 0 fence two feet high will keep them where you wish them to stay says one oua writer They will not dig up the garden galden never fly up onto anything and are never troubled with lice Uce or bowel bow l troubles as are chickens You can feed them the same kind I of feed from the fifth day after they hatch until they are full fall grown which they will be in 10 or 12 weeks Do not feed the young ducklings un un- until til UI they are 36 hours old taking particular particular particular par par- pains to see that they are kept dry and warm It Is not desirable to try to to raise them with hens as they step on so many of or them and the ducks art are even worse to raise them with Brooders are much less bother and will ral raise e a larger per cent nt of them thew For the first tiNt five days feed teet bread crumbled and moistened with milk a adding dIng a heaping tablespoonful of ot sharp sifted sand After the fifth day teed feed one and a half hall pounds of ot mid mid- dUngs one and a half halt pounds of ot chop three poun pounds of ot bran ran and one and a I half pounds of ot sifted sharp sand well ml mixed ed d. d and a small amount at a time wet up Into a crumbly mash Never f feed 7 d' d only Z what they will clean up In ten three times a day always g ying fresh water when you feed teed them and be very verT sure that none of ot ottI th tI the feed is I. dry or they will choke to tod death d tb rl s or |
