Show HUNGRY HEN IS NOW PREFERRED last of feed consumed fills the egg basket the hen without an appetite la IS a shirk in tb attiq e poultry luck flock it Is thui that last 10 or 20 per cent of feed that the lieu hen consumes which tills nils the egg hasket basket while all the rest Is used to maintain the bird declares R 13 cray extension specialist in poultry for the ohio state university the trick in forcing birds to lay more eggs is in the inducing them to eat cat more feed cray has five suggestions for boosting teed feed consumption by owls fowls in their winter quarters these are aie use artificial lights luring during th the ewin win ter months so that the hen will have more time to eat however if feed consumption Is riot not increased lights are of no benefit feed the largest part of the grain at night tills this has a tendency to keep keen the birds hungry during the day and they cons consume more mash and feed the grain in hoppers rather than in the utter litter provide a sufficient amount of mash hopper space one foot for five or ax birds there are always timid birds bird in the lock flock that wont eat unless there I 1 Is 3 plenty of hopper space feed fresh mash every day wh when en the hoppers ore are filled with a sufficient tuni clent quantity to last several days the hens pick it over and eat what they like best when they reach the leavings teed feed consumption and egg production both slump use a wet mash just ns as a boy will eat more bread bicad when there Is jelly on it so will a lien eat more mash when it Is moistened with milk feed mash the same time each day |