Show LILT IODINE IS NEEDED BY EARLY CHICKS common feeds ma may y not have proper amount iodine is necessary for chicks but is needed only in very small amounts according to a writer in the wisconsin agriculturist common feeds such as oyster shell grains etc will usually supply all of the iodine that the chicks need but as a precaution it is desirable to add very small amounts to the ration this can be done easily by using an iodized ionized stock salt certain sea weeds and some of the fish meal preparations are quite abundantly supplied with iodine but repeated trials have not shown any advantage for these materials ordinary mixtures apparently contain all the iodine that chicks need so it is not necessary to bring in the high priced products tha tare rich in iii iodine nor is s it necessary to put iodine tablets in in the drinking water for many years leg weakness or rickets has been the most serious difficulty in raising chicks the addition of mineral feeds such as limestone grit and raw bone grits increases the amount of bone building minerals so that early chicks can be grown for the first few weeks without sunshine or any other source of vitamin D but no mineral combination has as yet been discovered that makes it possible to raise normal inside chicks unless V vitamin D is added three generations of inside chicks were raised raise without difficulty when vitamin D was added to the ration fortified with mineral in the form of limestone grit and raw bone |