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Classification of Poultry Feeds

Nature provides— Scientific classification Poultrymen feed— Worms and bugs Nitrogenous material, or protein Meat (Green cut bone or beef scrap), milk or cottage cheese. Seeds Carbohydrates Wheat, oats, corn, barley, etc. Greens Succulents Lettuce, cabbage, kale, mangels, alfalfa, clover, sprouted oats, etc. Grit Mineral matter Grit and oyster shell. Water Water Water.

A homemade dry-mash hopper.

Oats in the process of sprouting.

In order to obtain an abundance of eggs it is necessary to have healthy, vigorous stock, properly fed.

The following are good grain mixtures for the laying stock, the proportions being by weight:

Ration 1. Ration 2. Ration 3. Equal parts of: 3 parts cracked corn. 2 parts cracked corn. Cracked corn. 2 parts oats. 1 part oats. Wheat. 1 part wheat. Oats.

A choice of any one of these rations should be scattered in the litter twice daily, morning and evening.

Average amount of feed consumed by a laying hen and eggs produced.