Show DAILY ROUTINE SCHEDULE tho the following schedule can be your guide for routine care of your chicks from the first to the twelfth weeks bear in mind throughout this entire period to keep the mash hoppers filled with starting mash and to keep water fountains filled with fresh clean water as mentioned before the things that are to be varied from week to week however are as aa follows first week eek brooder temperature 65 95 degrees enlarge circle about hover after the first two or three days second week brooder tempera temperature ture 60 90 degrees let chicks outside if weather permits by the end of the second week you may start adding a chick starter scratch to the ration only about a fifth I 1 0 f a pint per hundred chicks at first ted fed each day at noon also add finely chopped greens each day remove circle from rom about hover third week brooder temperature 85 degrees increase noon ration of starter scratch to about a third of a pint also continuing and increasing ration of greens and outside exercise as practical from hero here on fourth week brooder temperature 80 degrees start feeding scratch grata grain three times dally daily about 7 a 0 in m noon and 6 p in continue this dally daily feeding schedule from here on starting this week a third of a pint three times dally daily futh fifth week brooder temperature about 75 degrees start raising hover but keep reasonable and even warmth in brooder house st start breaking to roost on low wire boosts roosts increase scratch grain to one half pint three times dally daily by this time the scratch grain may be scattered among the litter to make the c hicks chicks exercise to get it always be sure to keep litter clean and dry and as free of droppings as possible sixth week continue as before lifting a trifle higher and increasing scratch grain to three fourths of a pint three times dally daily seventh week increase grain to pints three times dally daily eighth E gath week hover may bo be remo removed v ed together altogether I 1 and chicks get along with without 0 t artificial heat unless unusually cold cold scratch grain may be coarser now at first making it a developing scratch increase ration to 1 Vs pints three tiniest times dally daily ninth to twelfth weeks increase gram grain gradually to 3 pints three tunes times dally daily |