. The Farm-poultry. ery chick or fowl that is sick, ifonly for a few days, is separated, and theynever go into our breeding pens even thoughapparently fully recovered. We give no feed to chicks for about thirty-six hours after hatch, then for next twenty-four hours a light feed of crackers and bread Dark Nests for Egg Eating Hens. J\.T THE Editor Farm-Poultry:—A pen of my bestWhite Wyandotte pullets have within two orthree .veeks acquired the habit of eating theireggs. I put in trap nests a few days ago, butthey eat their own egg just the same, .Itt-thow they acquired the habit I cannot say, a
. The Farm-poultry. ery chick or fowl that is sick, ifonly for a few days, is separated, and theynever go into our breeding pens even thoughapparently fully recovered. We give no feed to chicks for about thirty-six hours after hatch, then for next twenty-four hours a light feed of crackers and bread Dark Nests for Egg Eating Hens. J\.T THE Editor Farm-Poultry:—A pen of my bestWhite Wyandotte pullets have within two orthree .veeks acquired the habit of eating theireggs. I put in trap nests a few days ago, butthey eat their own egg just the same, .Itt-thow they acquired the habit I cannot say, a> Inever hail hens eat eggs before, and these arefed the same as my other hens, viz.:—mash inthe morning, and mixed grains noon andnight, with plenty of shells, grit and freshwater constantly before them. The whole penseems to have taken to egg eating. Is thereany cure for it? They are fine stock, some ofmy best ones, and I dont want to kill nests I have tried, but without results. obliged. A. E. C,. FIShELS IDEAL JRSCORE 95% WEIGHT IIlb%1ST |NPfN NEW YORK FAIR1900. ONE OF EISHELS WHITE ROCKS. crumbs, dry, about half of each, then givefour feeds a day, one feed of Spratts chickenfeed, one feed of johnnycake and stale breadone-half each, one feed cooked rice, one feedof cracked wheat or wheat screenings. When two weeks old we feed fine crackedcorn, wheat, mash, twice a day, composed ofequal parts of meal, mixed feed and groundoats. Unless mixed feed is of extra fine qual-ity, we add one-sixth of middlings. Mash ismixed quite dry and steamed for one hour. We commeuce on third day to feed forgreen feed, clover meal and cabbage, and con-tinue until chicks are put out on grass also feed fresh meat boiled and cut finefrom the third day, commencing both meatand green feed in small quantities, increa>iuggradually. We are very careful not to overfeed, givingthem all they will eat up clean each feed, or ifthere is any left over it is taken away as soonas they a
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