Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-22

! before the chicks are three or four
DAYS old. The chick cannot digest
the yolk and other feeds given before
this time. 1t has indigestion and de-
velops a diarrhea often mistakenly
called white diarrhea. A chick will
start pecking when but a few hours
old. Instinct causes it, however, and
not hunger.
The following method of feeding
has given very satisfactory results:
When hatch is we'll over, the hen
and chicks are moved to the brood
coop where they are all confined
for at least two days, time de-
pending on the weather. The second
day chicks are given water or milk.
If the weather is real cold the chill
is taken off the water.
The hen is given scratch feed in
a tin cup, can or small box which is
up too high for the chicks to get. On
I the morning of the third day, very
fine crushed oyster shell and char
coal are placed in shallow pans or
boxes for the chicks. On the after,
noon of the third day, small
amount of fine ground chick feed,
rolled oats, or dried bread crumbs
any one of the above, or q mixture
of all is fed sparingly from four to
six times a day, feeding only what
they will clean up in few minutes.
After the first week wheat bran is
fed in shallow pans or boxes. After
two weeks. corn meal, shorts and
middlings can be added to the mash
in equal parts. Some form of pro.
| tein such as ground bone, beef scrap
, or milk should be fed after the Sec
ond week. Hard boiled eggs make
an excellent chick food. Plenty of
fresh water and oyster shell or fine
grit should be kept before chicks at
all times. Tho chicks should be
weaned to the coarse grains as soon
as possible. Wheat and corn can be
ground in small coffee grinders.
Scratch glhin should be fed in
straw, chaff. sand or whatever the
litter might be in order to make
| the chicks scratch.
The above mashes or soft feeds
may be fed wet once or twice a day
after the second week. 1t may be
moistened with either water or
milk. Adj just enough water or
milk to make moist, being careful
| Feed in hopper and only enough that
| chicks will clean up in a few mo-
ments. Same will become sour and
cause sickness If allowed to stand.
Mouldy or sour grain should never
| be fed baby chicks for diarrhea or
death is sure to result.
Unless chicks have green grass
| to run upon, some form of green
succulent food must be furnished
! Cabbage, beets, sprouted oats, pc
tatoes, or apples may be used. Milk
will take the place Of green food
to some extent, however, both should
be supplied when possible. Cabbage
and milk should not be fed together
The small hopper may be made by
mailing one inch or two inch strops
around the edge Of large flat boards
| Water receptacles should be so made
that the chicks cannot fall in. A
shallow pan covered with one inch
mesh wire will allow chicks to drink
without falling in. An efficient hop
per san be made with coffee can or
| lard pail and shallow pan. 1nvert
can or pail in pan. Make two small
holes in can just below line with top
Of pan. Such fountain will hold
more water and keep same cooler and
cleaner than pan covered with wire
! The chicks should be closely
watched for two or three weeks. All
weak, deformed chicks should be
killed and burned. AS soon as the
chicks can care for themselves
which time will depend upon the
season and weather. the hen should
be returned to the laying house.
The method Of artificial broodins
will be much the same as natural
except that the person caring fol
the chicks must take the hens place
in teaching the chick. Much more
time and care will be needed thar
by natural method. Breeders range
in size from 35-chick size up to sew
eral thousand. The latter being ho
water and similar to giant incuba
tors. The smaller ones are usually
heated by oil lamps but some make!
are heated by electricity or gas. Thu
intermediate size, which are being
used quite extensively today, ar,
colony breeders and accommodate,
from 100 to 200 chicks. This brood
e. consists of a coal burning stow,
and a metal hover which defects thu
heat down upon the chicks. TIL
coal burning brooder is the most eco
nomical where large numbers are t
be brooded. The small breeders usu
ally consist Of an oil burning laml
similar to an incubator lamp and /;
hover, the size of which will depent
upon the capacity. This model il
most economical for a small flocl
of from to 100 chicks. Is is usu
ally placed in the center of a small
house or in one end of large house
There are a large number of make
of breeders on the market now, mos
of which are very reliable. In pur
chasing would advise purchasing ;
medium-siZed brooder which is wei
made and durable, being made s,
that fumes from the lamp do no
reach the chicks and the wind doe
not affect the light.
The brooder house should b,
roomy, well ventilated, dry and yer
min proof. A rat proof floor is yer,
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