Show laying mash and grain gra in in hoppers for pullets the conventional system of feeding well matured pullets is either to keep a good laying mash and grain before them in open hoppers at all times or limiting the grain by feeding it once or twice daily advises advise s a writer in wallaces farmer if satisfactory production can not be obtained by these methods one may feed a crumbly mash arid and use artificial lights in any case a flock owner should not attempt to follow definite feeding instructions but rather should feed enough grain to maintain satisfactory body weight normally a hundred hens will eat twenty two to twenty five pounds of feed daily of which seven to ten pounds is mash and twelve to sixteen pounds is grain since grain is more palatable than mash there is no danger of the flock eating too much mash |