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  • Diet:- 1st [first] day chopped, hard boiled egg white one feeding 2nd [second] day - 3 feedings of chopped whole h-b. [hard-boiled] egg 3rd [third] " 5 " " " " " + ant eggs. 4th [fourth] " same. 5th [fifth] " American dry chick starter with antibiotic as well as previous diet. Important not to overfeed or kidney trouble develops. 1/4 hd bld [hard boiled] egg for each feeding for 10 chicks is enough. 6-12 days:- egg foot 5 times + ant eggs + chick starter 6 times 13 +/- Increase # of feedings + add a hot mash (brought to boil) of oats, barley, peas + corn equal prop. [proportions] + finely chopped. Add a little crumbled dry nettle leaves + a little finely chopped Achillea millefolium, lettuce, spinach + any berries in season. At 6 to 7 weeks mature aspen leaves - young leaves are poisonous In Sept [September] + Oct [October] add Branches of crowberry (V. [Vaccinium] uliginosum] + Juniperus communis + Pinus sylvestris. As compared to pheasants they need a double quantity of bone meal + B complex especially during feather development at 5-8 wks [weeks]. At 21-26 days they begin roosting, let them do so but provide some shelter. At 4-5 wks [weeks] remove fostermother. At 10 days he gives 2 or 3 berries of Vacc. vitis-idea [Vaccinium vitis-idaea] [underlined] of the previous year + dried + re soaked to each bird. These are believed by Notini to contain a cellulose digesting enzyme +
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