Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 46, DeMotte, Jasper County, 30 March 1933 — Amount Hen Will Eat [ARTICLE]

Amount Hen Will Eat

A Leghorn hen will eat from 70 to 75 pounds of feed a year, while a Red or Rock will eat from 80 to 85 pounds. This will usually be abobt half mash and half grain. If all of the grain is yellow corn and 40 per cent of the mash ration is corn, this will make 70 per cent of the total ration corn. This 70 per cent amounts to one bushel of corn to the hen which can be bought at present for the price of one dozen eggs, says a writer in Hoard’s Dairyman.