. 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). For chickens four weeks old or over, the bran may be reduced to three pounds. Cottage cheese may be given in addition to the other foods, but not in large quantities. It may cause bowel trouble if the chickens get too much at first. All foods should be sweet and clean, never moldy nor sour. Make all changes in ration gradually. The feeding.— Care sh
. 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). For chickens four weeks old or over, the bran may be reduced to three pounds. Cottage cheese may be given in addition to the other foods, but not in large quantities. It may cause bowel trouble if the chickens get too much at first. All foods should be sweet and clean, never moldy nor sour. Make all changes in ration gradually. The feeding.— Care should be taken to have the hen well supplied with Troughs for feeding large chickens ^^ grain and large g^ The chickens should be fed often at first, usually five times a day. The moist food may be given in a shallow dish or on a bit of clean board, and should be taken away as soon as all the chickens have had enough. During the first few days they will probably eat but a small amount of grain, and it may be scattered in a shallow dish containing a little dry mash made according to the directions given above. After two or three days, the dry mash by itself may be fed in the dish, and the grain scattered on the ground or floor. Two other meals of the moist food may then be given, the other feedings being of grain. The dry mash may be left where the chickens can get it at any time. After the first week the bread and rolled oats need not be given, but a little of the mash mixture may be moistened and given instead. As the chickens grow older the number of meals may be less, and the grain of larger size. At four or five weeks of age they will be able to eat whole wheat, hulled 6ats, and larger cracked corn. Then if they have a large range and the weather is favorable so that they may run about, they need only two meals of grain and one of moist mash a day. They can always come back to the dry mash if they get hungry. Beginning with the first meal, green food should be supplied, bu
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