Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-04-29
FEEDING THE cHIcks.

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comment on his proficiency: BILLY
iso't much for old folks yet, but he's
awful good at doctOring sick babies"
II Billy had reached Il point of thera-
peutical skill where he could solve
these little pink perfection puzzles
that battle So many Of our big Drained,
big hearted. fatherly physicians, he
had Il whole lot 10 quack over
It's one thing to bring little fluffy
rufiie chicks into the world and an
other 10 keep them.
One OF the biz chick growers. who says
be raised $1,000 last year. declares we
do we'll 90 raise 20 per cent. II that's
all hc RAISED. the undertaken must have
been doing stunts We thought we
were CRYING enough when we took 200
from i.CIJ ald put them in the ground.
but we were glad enough 10 save that
proportion. and. If you want our know
how. here il is. but remember we are
not instructinG the hen cluck. She
uses her own think. and it's n good
one II you don't butt in: For thirty
hours feed not. This is the chicks
sleepy period. 1t is assimilating the
the shell. In thirty hours comes the
appetite. Cuddle them in a basket and
bear 10 the warm breeder. Bed them
on dry sandy loan. for. like other ba-
bies. everything goes 10 mouth" and
they'll oil up on straw and other indi-
gestiblcs. Dip each little bill into cool
water. and they know where and how
20 drink Put them under hover, and
they at once know their mamma You
are pop" Put in 4 louSelesS ten-day-
old chick rs kindergarten director.
They'll follow his lead. Now scatter
two tableSpOOnfuls OF crystal grit for
milk teeth. Ring breakfast bell. Spread
fine dry breadcrumbs sparingly. See
that all have a chance. Keep them 4
little hungry. Feed as often as they
need-their crops half full In the day
two-thirds At night II crops aren't
empty in the morning. Overfed Starve
them empty. DO we feed hard boiled
egSst No. They cost too much-tOo
many little lives. Don't you know
chicks are two legged eggs and right
before they kick out absorb the yolkf z
Egg diets as stale as feeding egg
shells over and over again TO hens
EggShclls are WORKOUT lime. Hens
like them because they taste Of egg
They are good egg eater hatchers.
DO we feed johnnycake? No; we do
no cakewalk stunts. Johnnycake be-
longs % the tallOw candle era. Do we
feed rolled oats? No-pastes up be
hind. Do we feed wet cornmeaI, bran
and mid mash. boiled rice? No-noth-
Ing wet, nothing that gets sour. II
you wish 10 mo!sten bread with milk
its good. but feed little, as IL sours
soon. The second day we give a taste
Of beef scrap and sieve before them
wheat and corn ground finely In our
mill Caution: Allow no feed to lie
around 10 sour or be fouled. Do not
follow the advice Feed all they viii
eat up clean" On the fourth or fifth
day we put In charcoal and give green
lettuce or tender clover on the sod.
II they now know enough not TO eat
cut straw. - give them straw litter
with a sprinkling of good chick scratch.
ing food 10 work for. We now bed
them with cut wheat straw. Raw
fresh meat Hamburg steak may be
leu Sp9rlnSlN or milk rs 4 substitute
for beef scrap. When you give milk
put in a shielded vessel, as 1t is deadly
If their feathers are soiled in it. They
should now be growing rapidly, and
feed must be increased. Their appe-
titles being normal, the tenth day hang
up hoppers Of charcoal, beef scrap and
grit. Keep green food before them.
Start finely cut fresh green bone now.
Throw in 4 little whole wheat and
cracked corn. In thirty days, when
danger point Is passed. change TO
wheat, barley, oats, cracked corn and
Kafiir corn. While on range you must
allow for what Mother Nature and
Mother Hen furnish in seeds, greens,
bugs, worms. snails and other delicate
daintieS.