CONSTRUCTION 



Proper preparation for the chicks before arrival is im- 

 portant. There are numerous systems of brooding in prac- 

 tice and as many devices on the market to fit these systems. 

 The important thing in the matter of preparedness is to 

 see that suitable quarters are ready and warm for the chicks 

 when they come. Express agents should be warned when 

 chicks are expected so that there may be no delay in getting 

 them into comfortable quarters. 



Well-built, small, portable colony houses ranging in size 

 from 5x6 feet to 8x10 feet, and sometimes larger, are best 

 suited to average conditions. One type of such a house is 

 shown in Figure 6. A coal-burning brooder stove or port- 

 able lamp-heated hover can be used in the house as long 

 as the chicks need heat. It is then taken out leaving the 

 chicks in the house until they are removed to permanent 

 winter quarters. A small portable house is readily moved 

 about to the orchard, the corn field or the shady lane, afford- 

 ing fresh new range ground for the chicks as often as de- 

 sired. If properly constructed these houses can be quickly 

 converted into practical laying or breeding houses by the 

 use of simple portable equipment nests, roosts and feed 

 hoppers. 



Further information on the baby chick industry and references to reliable 

 sources of supply will be furnished by The International Baby Chick Asso- 

 ciation, Saugatuck, Mich. 



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