Title: Animal husbandry for schools
Identifier: animalhusbandryf00harp (find matches)
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Harper, Merritt Wesley, 1877-
Subjects: Livestock
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Feeding Poultry 329 first food must be of such character that it may be readily digested, such as stale bread dipped in milk. Ground or finely cracked grain soaked in milk may be fed to advantage. From the beginning, chicks should be encouraged to eat dry, cracked grain in addition to the moist feed. This food should contain fine grit, charcoal, and granulated bone. 528. Frequency of feeding. — For the first few days, the chicks are usually fed five times a day. They should be required to clean up their food, although they should be given all they will eat. The number of meals is later reduced to four and then to three times daily. If kept in small yards, the chicks should be fed more often and given a smaller quan- tity at a feeding than if given a free range. 529. Amount to feed. — The morn- ing meal should consist of grain, which should be fed under such con- ditions that the chicks will be obliged to hunt for it, as, for example, on a light litter of straw. The amount fed should be controlled by the appetites of the chicks. If, perchance, they should be overfed, no more food should be given until they are eager for it, and the subsequent feeding should be just sufficient to satisfy the
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