. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. THE BANTAM FOWL. or a mixture of ground oats, corn and middlings made into a cake and baked is verj' good. Feed the chicks quite often, on small amounts each time. In this way they will not be forced to overgrowth. After weaning time a small feed of wheat. Fig. 4.—For Bantams '4x36 apartment for hen drop twice a day is quite enough for them if the} ha\ e their_libert\ , where they can find seeds and bugs for themselves. All Bantams should have some
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. THE BANTAM FOWL. or a mixture of ground oats, corn and middlings made into a cake and baked is verj' good. Feed the chicks quite often, on small amounts each time. In this way they will not be forced to overgrowth. After weaning time a small feed of wheat. Fig. 4.—For Bantams '4x36 apartment for hen drop twice a day is quite enough for them if the} ha\ e their_libert\ , where they can find seeds and bugs for themselves. All Bantams should have some kind of animal food. If confined feed them a limited amount of ground green bone with some meat in it, not too much, and cut very fine. Cooked meat of all kinds is good for them'and there is nothing better than cooked fish. There>re]'quite J a number of prepared animal foods, many of them very good. The best of them is Crissel and Liverine. A mixture of Liverine, oatmeal and middlings cooked or scalded and fed warm and crumbling is a good occasional food. Crissel is excellent for laying hens. It can be fed in the same manner and is a fine egg-producing food. Grit of some kind, ground shell, bone and charcoal should always be provided in liberal quantities. They are great promoters of good health. After^the" breeding season, cut down the food ration of your old birds, only feed them as you do the young, growing stock; but when the cooler weather comes treat them as you do yourself, to a little larger allowance. One of the most important factors of plenty of pure, fresh water. This should be kept in some good style of fountain, protected from the sun in hot weather. These fountains should be kept as clean as your own cups and saucers, and fresh water should be provided at least once, and when very warm, not less than twice a day. The hen must quench lier thirst and also consume enough water to furnish a large per cent of water in the eggs she lays. The better the wheat.
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