Animal Food Tenth Day
The regular ration is continued with judgment, for in feeding it is to be remembered that judgment must be exercised at all times. After the tenth day animal food is added to the ration, commencing with a small handful of The Corning Egg Farm Mash, thrown on top of the litter. Where beef scraps are used to supply the animal food they may be fed alone, and this was done at first on The Corning Egg Farm, but for the last three years we have fed the green bone in the mash mixture. It, however, must be fed with great care, and the bone used for this purpose must be most carefully selected, and must be absolutely fresh.
It must be remembered that even one or two ham bones, or corned beef bones mixed in the ration would mean the loss of a great many chicks. Shank bones and briskets, when obtainable, are ideal for this purpose, and during the Brooding season these are selected out and kept for what is termed the “baby’s mash.” With the introduction on the tenth day of the Mash, the noon-day feeding of Corning Chick Food is discontinued.
By the time the youngsters are four weeks old the hovers have been removed entirely, and one finds that the little fellows will lie very contentedly, spread out on the floor, so long as the temperature in the Brooder House is kept up to 85° three feet above the floor, as before indicated.