Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . never feed in the middle of the day or dis-turb the hens in the least. I want them to spend allthe time they want in laying eggs. I used to feed at^^^=^ noon, but found if all the hens werecalled o2 the netjt toeat dinner the samenumber would notgo back again thatday. Four quarts of feedper day for twenty-six hens would beabout right. If theywere large Brahmas,FIG. 108. HAMBUBGs. thcy might require more; if Leghorns, less. The proper way would be togive them what they will eat up readil3\ Wheat screen-ings cont
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . never feed in the middle of the day or dis-turb the hens in the least. I want them to spend allthe time they want in laying eggs. I used to feed at^^^=^ noon, but found if all the hens werecalled o2 the netjt toeat dinner the samenumber would notgo back again thatday. Four quarts of feedper day for twenty-six hens would beabout right. If theywere large Brahmas,FIG. 108. HAMBUBGs. thcy might require more; if Leghorns, less. The proper way would be togive them what they will eat up readil3\ Wheat screen-ings contain a large quantity of foul seed ; some of themthe hens will not eat, and of course they will take rootand grow. We have known hens to die from eating tlieseed in screenings. The better way would be to feedgood wheat. A good winter feed for laying hens is equalparts of corn meal and fine feed ; add to this one-twentiethas much ground beef scraps and some boiled potatoes,mix with hot water and food every morninir. Oive wholecorn, oats and wheat in equal parts at noon and night,. f EEDINO rOR EGOS. 277 giving a very light feed at noon and all they will eat atnight. MAKE THEM WORK. In no one point do so many fail as in that of givingthe hens exercise. Unless they are kept scratching agreat part of the time, they will not lay as they this point all are agreed. The usual plan is tokeep tlie floor covered witli leaves, straw, cornstalks orhay several inches deep, and to make the hens scratch itover by scattering grain, and by stirring up the litterwith a fork. The more time spent making the hensscratch, the more eggs they will lay, other things beingequal, and the less time they will have for mischief andlearning bad habits. One man does in this way : *Mynew poultry house opens into the barnyard, where Iunload the manure that is drawn from the city in thewinter. Every morning I scatter four quarts of wheat onthe manure heaps, and the fowls spend most of the timescratchin
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