The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-05-05
Modern Methods Of Raising Chicks.

day rearing passing
average poultry depend
good wife used chicks needssy
Killed past through knowledge which free
the practical
poultry but there principles that
must be
cles boodang Atwood
Virginia Experiment Station should help of
OUR readers Prof Atwood
"In broodng
the main thing which be watched the
Cor II 1t is high totally
unsasaoy governing
chicks IDEAL Chicks four days old
fairly hardy little
cold provided cold quick
y But they forced to remain where the tenn
uaue is too low they catch very quickly lungs
infamed little nodues hghtcoord cheesy matter form in
them and death results
The temperature of the brooder or
the incubator should be practically
ais high which the chicks
have lust removed degrees
temperature first allowing
1t to second the temperature should
NOT be allowed to drop lower degrees
fer to the air temperature a After the
second should be reduced gradually until the
chicks are old enough hardy
At uncomfortable either account of
too If they cold they will
bddIe together Those ON the
warm pass they become cold again.
Under these rapidly cold and die
other almost bad to have the temperature
too high chicks will be reduced
and they Improbable chicks be raised
large scale the brocder house by pipes
most economical there only fire to attend
watering the chicks be done much
easier than when the chicks are
I'm fact it has experience outside breeders not
satisfactory and attention CIV
am 10 them the temperature sure
do not thrive be done out Of doors in
all sorts weather making dgreeable and costly perform
Next Importance at which the little chicks
are kept is the the chick
until it able to run about and ODD
tain food nartly by its own efforts pod
ed consists the yolk SACK which sd into
the abdominal cavity the chick Matched The
sp sack Is connected with the intestine by duct which
the sud digestive system where 1T ds alb
sorb that it not wise to FEED
chicks until they are two or three days
he
rmain unabsorbed When thus occurs pet
changes soon take place some
of the chick bowel trouble results
aot nav NAV the nonabpon of the
be by feeding much but it is que probable
that this trouble may the breeding stock being too
sat or obsru ont of condition. or by
by ventilation during the incubation Oh inc
rine the first two or three days after hatct
they require strength rather than
10 receive food They with however and
~ will do no harm if they have which
peck After the usually fd follows: The in
fertile eggs through food chopper Smell anu
ALI The Ground gg is then mixed its bulk
of rold constitutes the first and last meals
first wes and fed In shallow OushS or on
plates
cat the morning meal that the chicks do
not eat too much They left somewhat hungry at this
ma, 90 that thew will exercise during scratch
ing for the hard grain the liter At the even
inr meal they may literally the and rolled oats
r,,r The hard grain consists of crack
ed wheat oatmeal broken rio ETC. For small chicks
the grains the pieces of corn not bans larger
have been material with satisfactory results me
fine cracked grains scattered in the litter as often as con-
kept busy engaged all Gay long
the grains and care should DE exercised mat us w M
nnd 1T too easily three weeks cracked wheat ana
cracked gradually substituted for the prepared CHICK roo
a composed of corn meal wneae oran "he' s GNU
substituted for the egg ana rolsa oas. s
gained In feeding little CHICKS ac'u
fue DO the by the Maine experiment saoh
efly his method follows
"A of corn meal one part what pan anu
part midding flour is used from whn 10 MAKE
milk water and saed as usu
al for slow and when dome the av
he
then pounded until rn
thoroughly puvezed unfete eggs are hard ooa anu so"u
a One ground egg ana our ps
bread crumbs are together and the mixture run through
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