| Show h CANT STINT CHICKS IF PROFIT EXPECTED baby chick chich Is delicate piece of mechanism by rov a 0 Deara dearstyne tyne poultry department north carolina state collake service the old copy book adage do it right or not cot at all applies particularly to chick maring where a later profit Is expected the baby chick Is a delicate piece of mechanism that lins hns definite requirements it if best results are arc to be secured the object in chick rearing Is a short intensive period ot of rapid but normal development tor for about ten weeks and then a gradual tapering oil process in which the bird Is not forced to a great extent but Is allowed to build up a large frame and constitutional vigor capable of carrying over the bird through a heavy uninterrupted laying season if the baby chick Is to be properly developed it must have a carefully balanced ration the right environment and good living conditions it Is 13 evident in north carolina that many hundred farm owners are expecting poultry to furnish them with cash this season many have begun their chick rearing with an optimistic point of view only to learn as ta time go goes on that chicks must be fed and that feed costs money sometimes it Is difficult to finance the venture during the time the chicks are developing and this leads to a practice of makeshift make shift substitutions the food elements in a chick mash are placed there for a purpose the birds must have protein carbohydrates fats minerals and vitamins an ample supply of pure water is needed at all times the feeds comprising a chicks ration are not selected at random but are placed there for a purpose e each food element has its special function to perform in the building of 0 tissue feathers bone and the other vital necessities of proper development |
