Put there but a little at a time,
(two or three spoonfuls) that you may not clog them, and feed them five
times a day, between their wakening in the morning, and their roosting at
night. Give them no other drink; the Milk that remaineth after they have
eaten the bread, is sufficient; neither give them Gravel, or ought else.
Keep their Coops very clean, as also their troughs, cleansing them very
well every morning. To half a dozen very little Chickens, little bigger
then black-birds, an ordinary porenger full every day may serve. And in
eight days they will be prodigiously fat, one peny loaf, and less then two
quarts of Milk and about half a pound of Sugar will serve little ones the
whole time. Bigger Chickens will require more, and two or three days longer
time. When any of them are at their height of fat, you must eat them; for
if they live longer, they will fall back, and grow lean. Be sure to make
their potage very sweet.
AN EXCELLENT WAY TO CRAM CHICKEN
Stone a pound of Raisins of the Sun, and beat them in a Mortar to Pulp;
pour a quart of Milk upon them, and let them soak so all night.
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