When Should Chicks Be Given First Feed?
| Autor: | Roy E. Roberts |
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| Rok vydání: | 1928 |
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| Zdroj: | Poultry Science. 7:220-224 |
| ISSN: | 0032-5791 |
| DOI: | 10.3382/ps.0070220 |
| Popis: | It is customary in chick feeding to withhold feed from chicks until they are 48 to 72 hours old. The usual recommendation for this practice is based upon the fact that the chick absorbs the yolk just prior to hatching, which supplies nourishment for several hours. The common notion is that additional food given before the chick has had time to assimilate this yolk will cause digestive troubles. While the practice of withholding feed from chicks for the first 48 to 72 hours has given very satisfactory results, such a procedure seems to be based only on assumption. So far as we know no experimental evidence has been presented showing the effect of early feeding upon chicks. In the absence of such data it was thought advisable to determine what results might be obtained from feeding chicks as soon as hatched. EXPERIMENTAL Two lots of 25 S. C. White Leghorn . . . |
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