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Management of Growing Chicks

U.S. Department of Agriculture

The care of growing chicks, especially during very warm weather, is most important, and every boy or girl who is a member of a poultry club or is raising chickens should give them the best of care at this time if he or she wishes to succeed. The baby chicks may be smart little fellows from strong, vigorous parent stock, and they may have been brooded carefully for the first two or three weeks, but unless they receive proper care and management during their later growing period they will not develop properly, and many of them will be lost by sickness or disease.

ESSENTIALS TO PROPER GROWTH.

The chief essentials to proper growth are good coops or houses, cleanliness, proper feed and water, shade, and free range.

Farmers' Bulletin

Number 1111