. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). V. FEEDING CHICKENS Clara M. Nixon The food.— The egg yolk is enclosed within the body of the chicken just before hatching, and may supply nourishment to the chicken after it leaves the shell. For this reason chickens should not be fed until they are thirty-six hours old. The first meal may be of equal parts of bread crumbs and rolled oats, moistene
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). V. FEEDING CHICKENS Clara M. Nixon The food.— The egg yolk is enclosed within the body of the chicken just before hatching, and may supply nourishment to the chicken after it leaves the shell. For this reason chickens should not be fed until they are thirty-six hours old. The first meal may be of equal parts of bread crumbs and rolled oats, moistened with some milk or water to make the food crumbly but not wet. Sprinkle over this food a little fine sand or grit, fine charcoal, and some finely shredded clover, lettuce, or chickweed leaves. Mix with the food a . little well-burned bone or some bone meal. After the first few days, hard- boiled egg may be added in the proportion of one part of egg to eight or nine parts of the bread and rolled oats. In addition to the moist food, a grain food should be given. A mixture of three pounds cracked wheat, two pounds corn (finely cracked), and one pound pinhead oatmeal, rolled oats, or hulled oats is good. A dry mash may be left before the chickens at all times, but only as much should be given at one time as will be eaten in a day. If any of the mash becomes dirty it should be taken away from the chickens. The mash may consist of four pounds wheat bran, three pounds wheat middlings, three pounds corn meal, three pounds sifted beef scrap, and one half pound bone meal, well mixed together. Beef scrap that is not perfectly good and fresh should never be Chick feed-trays of different sizes. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultura
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