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Show Pen Fattened Broilers Require Ration of Corn Pen fattening of poultry, especially espe-cially broilers, is a bit more simple than crate fattening, according to a writer in Hoard's Dairyman. Corn, rather than milk, is the important fattening feed. About 30 broilers are given a space of two square feet each. The ration is made up of 50 pounds yellow corn meal, 20 pounds white wheat middlings, 10 pounds ground heavy oats, and 20 pounds meat scraps. This is mixed with water 2 quarts of feed to one and one half quarts of water and fed tvo or three times daily. This system of feeding is best where the birds must be shipped. Crate fattening where milk is used is advisable where broilers are to be marketed close to home. Birds are put in crates, 6 to 10 of them in a space 24 by 24 by 20. They are starved for 24 then fed sparingly for two days. They are then fed two or three times daily a moist feed, all I they will clean up in 20 minutes, made up from the following: 50 pounds yellow corn, 20 pounds wheat middlings, and 10 pounds heavy oats mixed with milk, 1 quart of skimmilk cr buttermilk to one quart of mash. The fattening period is from 10 to 14 days. Birds should be closely watched and those showing lack cf appetite taken off feed quickly. |