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Show Chicken Legumes Are Wealthy in Vitamins Now is the time to prepare "chicken "chick-en hay" for the winter laying flock. This is one of the most practical ways to provide those cold weather vitamins. Green oats, alfalfa, or any other legume makes good hay if it is cut when it is nine to ten inches high, After the hay is cut it must be raked Immediately and hauled to; the barn to be cured, according to M. E. Jackson of Purdue. It should , be spread out in barn so it may cure ; without spoiling. This method saves 1 vitamins and leaves. The hay may be fed in rack to laying hens during the winter months when hens will enjoy some green feed. Some poultrymen run the hay through a feed grinder or chopper. It can then be mixed with the dry or wet mash if desired. |