Rations and Methods of Feeding Chicks to Prevent Loss when Grown in Confinement

Abstract

The requirements of a growing chick are the same whether they grow under the conditions of natural environment or the adverse conditions of confinement. But in the latter case the requirements from the caretaker are quite different. In the first place he need only supply that part of their requirements most easily administered. When the chicks are kept in confinement he must meet all their requirements, which are many. For example the chicks are unable to catch bugs or scratch for worms therefore he must furnish their equivalent, and so with the other essentials of vital importance which ordinarily require no attention.

Three years ago an experiment with the growth of chicks in confinement to determine the optimum amount of protein from meat scraps and soybean meal and the relative value of these two proteins for the growth of chicks was undertaken by the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station. Keeping . . .