Fowls—to Fatten. (Mrs. Haynes of Bond Street.)
The coop must be raised from the ground, the bottom being
formed of rails of a moderate thickness and at equal distance from
each other, so that each rail may be a perch, and then the fowls,
if looked to every day, cannot be otherwise than clean.
Their food must be ground oats mixed with milk, to be of a
certain thickness so as to be pecked up, not thin enough to
drink. They are to be fed 3 times a day, morning, noon and
evening, from a trough placed outside the pen. Remember
always, when they have had enough, to take the food away from
them.
Come light only at feeding time, at all other times, warmth and
darkness.
This method will make them as good as required in 14 days,
but after that they will fall sick, waste away, and become hard
and bad.
It can be put in a coop, and if kept dark they will sleep
and not fight. (To kill fowls mercifully, see Appendix.)