Show POULTRY NOTES the little chicks like a clean house as well as any one the scrub lien hen Is going out of style just as the scrub cow when about three weeks old Is a critical time with early chicks if the little chicks are missed soon after they bare are hatched look out for cats and rats very young chickens have small crops and consequently require feeding frequently too much bran will also cause the chicks to have digestion troubles so feed it rather sparingly feed the little chicko chicka ground grain and skim ahkim milk do not let the hen lead them into wet grass gas s when the brooder chicks seem very thirsty wild for water let them drink and feed very lightly while so fevers fever ish lice cause the loss of more chicks than all other causes combined kee keep P up a constant warfare against the lice chicks forced when young do not make as rapid growth as they approach maturity as those fed a more moderate ration |