. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 20 about, the seed chick-food may be scattered in the chaff, and the little chicks will work away most of the day for it. This gives them exer- cise, which is a necessity in rearing- chicks. If there is no green food to reach, it must be supplied. Lettuce is excellent. Sprouted grains are very good, as is also root sprout, cabbage, rape, etc. When the chicks get to be about eight weeks of age, we usually feed about three times a day—the mash food in the morning and whole wheat and cracked corn at noon and night. If we are anxious to force the chicks, we give
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 20 about, the seed chick-food may be scattered in the chaff, and the little chicks will work away most of the day for it. This gives them exer- cise, which is a necessity in rearing- chicks. If there is no green food to reach, it must be supplied. Lettuce is excellent. Sprouted grains are very good, as is also root sprout, cabbage, rape, etc. When the chicks get to be about eight weeks of age, we usually feed about three times a day—the mash food in the morning and whole wheat and cracked corn at noon and night. If we are anxious to force the chicks, we give two feeds of mash and increase the animal meal a little. Chicks hatched at a season of the year when they can range out of doors need not be fed as often or as carefully as described above. During the winter season where chicks are reared in doors too liberal feeding often causes leg weakness, Fig. 9. Coop A.—Each side of roof 2i in. by 30 in. ; bottom 2 ft. 4 in. We have used during the season of 1905 the hopper plan of feed- ing chicks' during the spring and summer months with good success. We have tried placing a hopper or trough of chick feed, made of grains as previously described (seed chick feed), in a coop along with the hen and chicks and keeping the supply constant in or near the coop, from the day the chicks were put out until well grown, with most satis- factory results. Where chickens have a good range about the fields of the average farm I know of no better plan of feeding chicks. The hoppers may be made of any size or shape so long as the supply of grain is constant and the supply large enough to last for about one week. A hopper which slopes from both sides will feed better than one with a slope to but one side. Where the hopper plan is adopted on the farm, the labor problem is very much reduced. This plan can be carried out with chicks in brooders, but for the first ten days or two weeks I prefer feeding the chicks about five times daily, after which
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