CHICK PRODUCT ION
From our leading chick magazines we glean
some very pertinent information concerning
the production of either layers or fryers.
Some of the limiting factors in raising
young chicks for either meat o- eggs are:
disease and parasites, but meet oxperimen
tors claim that poor feed and incorrect
feeding methods cause more poor quality
fryers and poor pullets than any other fac
, tor.
Signs of Nutritional trouble according to
' Dr, S. S. I!unro are: slow growth, uneven
size, cannibalism, feather picking'and pul
lets starting to lay too early or too late.
Such things as rickets, dermatitis or poly
neuritis which were common fifteen years
ago are relatively rare today because of
the prepared feeds put out by feed concerns
Dr. Munro says, "There are two main types
of feeds which poultrymen use, mash and
scratch. The quality of the pullets you
raise depends on the quality of the start
ing and developing mash you feed and the
skill with which you control the relative
intake of grain and naph as surely as the
strength of the house you build depends on
the quality of the building materials and
the skill of your carpenter.
Chickens are omnivorous animals which means
that they eat both flesh and plants. There
fore, it is important that chickens get
fish or meat in the form of dried meal mix
ed into the mash. The minerals, which
should be chi«fly calcium and phosphorus,
are absolutely essential to the formation
of flesh and bone. Grain supplies heat and
energy and is very necessary, but it is the
mash which makes the chick grow.
Starting mash should be fed until chicks
are 5 reeks old. Dr. I'unro says that of
course chicks like whole or cracked grain
just as children like candy, but that does
not mean that it is the best for them.
At 5 or 6 reeks of age some wheat and oats
«an be fed--but not too much.
Insufficient protein in the diet causes
thin breasts on your fryers. Special broil
er mashes are high in protein content.
They should get plenty of this even after
€.rmn is added to the diet.
At 5 reeks of age some wheat and oats can
be fed. About 1 lb. per 100 birds per day
is recommended until the birds get out on
range. At Breeding farms grain is not us
ually added to the diet until the pullets
• are on range at 8 to 10 reeks. Then 2 lbs.
of grain per 100 birds per day is fed along
with the developing mash. This is increas
ed until nearly all grain is fed at 18
reeks. After they are 16 reeks old they
rill begin to lay if the protein intake
is high. This rill result in small eggs
for too long a period.
Suggested ratios of feed are at the top of
the next column.
7e eks
cf age
0- 5
5- 9
8-10
10-12
12-14
14-16
16-18
18-20
Percent Percent lhs. grain, 100
‘‘as^ gra*n birds per day.
Vihite New
Leghorns Hemps.
100' 0 ~~T3-u
90 10 1 1
85 15 1.5 1.5
80 20 2 2.5
70 30 8 1C
60 40 15 18
30 70 18 21
10 90 20 23
Don Irwin has had a card from J. Hazel
Zimmerman, and she sends best wishes to
all her friends here. She is state Home
Demonstration Agent in Nevada, and her
offices are at Las Vegas.
The 25th of March is the Anniversary of the
Soil Conservation Ac't,-Passed in 1947 by
the Alaska Legislature, House Bill 85.
IX’.ring the past year the Board has been ap
pointed, they have .organized, and the pro
gram is being developed.. The farmers are
now invited to submit their petition for sub
district soil conservation organization.
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