. Our domestic birds; . Fig. j6. With one curtain open u . ..~;V - -rl ■pp! 1 ~:—m Fig. 77. As an open- POULTRY HOUSE USED AT THE CENTRAL EXPERIMENT STATION, OTTAWA, CANADA (Photograph from the station) 79 So OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS The quantity of grain to be given any flock of fowls must bedetermined by trial and observation. The grain should not befed in troughs from which the birds can eat it very quickly,but scattered in the litter on the floor, so that the fowls willtake exercise scratching it out, and eat slowly. There is an ad-vantage in giving some soft and quickly digested food, but iftoo
. Our domestic birds; . Fig. j6. With one curtain open u . ..~;V - -rl ■pp! 1 ~:—m Fig. 77. As an open- POULTRY HOUSE USED AT THE CENTRAL EXPERIMENT STATION, OTTAWA, CANADA (Photograph from the station) 79 So OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS The quantity of grain to be given any flock of fowls must bedetermined by trial and observation. The grain should not befed in troughs from which the birds can eat it very quickly,but scattered in the litter on the floor, so that the fowls willtake exercise scratching it out, and eat slowly. There is an ad-vantage in giving some soft and quickly digested food, but iftoo much of the food can be eaten quickly, the birds do nottake exercise enough. When there is grass in the poultry yard,it is a good plan to scatter the grain in the grass sometimes. Fig. 78. Flock of Barred Plymouth Rocks in fine weather. The hens will find it all, and in scratching itout will bring up the dead grass, and a better sod will growafterward. A dozen medium-sized fowls, if fed in the morning with themash described above, would probably need a little over a pintof grain in the middle of the day and about a quart toward even-ing. An experienced feeder can usually tell by the eagernessof the fowls for their food whether to increase or diminish thequantity; but the most expert poultry keeper does not relyupon this kind of observation alone. Occasionally, before giv-ing food, he looks in the litter to see if there is grain left MANAGEMENT OF FOWLS 81 there from previous feedings, and if he finds much, gives nomore until the birds have eaten this all up clean. Water should be given as often as is necessary to keep thesupply quite fresh. In cool (but not freezing) weather, once aday is usually sufficient. In hot weather the water should befresh two or three
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