REARING CHICKENS.

Northern Advocate, 6 October 1913, Page 2

REARING CHICKENS.

It is one thing to have a successful hatching, and another, equally important, is to see that the chicks thrive and grow rapidly. Insects are eagerly sought for by fowls, and the latter do well on this form of food. Where this cannot be procured, the following is an efficient substitute: —Hang a bit of meat, cooked or raw in an exposed place, where the blow flies can get at it. The chickens will feed greedily on the infested meat and grow wonderfully well.

Another excellent food for young chicks and mouting hens is buttermilk which makes the plumage gloscier and produces longer and stronger feathers. Meat scraps are also an excellent ration, but they should be fed sparingly to young pullets, which often lay too soon on a meat diet. Green food is an essential to growing fowls. It contains considerable ash and earth salts, and it also has acid that renders the mineral matter in other foods soluble.