OUT-DOOR HOT WATER BROODER. 



This illustration shows a brooder with six com- 

 partments, each of which holds one hundred chicks. 

 The brooders are made of various sizes, to hold 

 two hundred, four hundred or six hundred chicks, 

 and are heated by a lamp. The drop runs are 

 shown on one side, while those on the other 

 side are up. The runs are kept up the first- 

 day, until the chicks get used to the brooder, then 

 lowered. 



Moveable runs are made to keep the broods 

 separated. They can be made wide at the farther 

 ends by placing the corner yards at an angle. If 

 these runs are made near a division fence some of 

 the larger chicks may be let out into a larger yard 

 or a free run at your convenience. These brooders 

 need no houses, but may be placed in a field, 

 orchard, or yard. In severe climates they may be 

 put under a shed in the winter, and moved out 

 later in the season. They are principally side heat 

 with moderate top heat. It is impossible to over- 

 heat, or for the chicks in them to crowd and 

 smother. It is the same principle as used in our 

 Hot-water System in Brooding Houses. 



The brooder which has a number of compart- 

 ments should have a yard for each compartment, 

 or for each brood; but should be made movable, 

 so that the whole plot or group of runs can be 

 plowed or spaded, or the entire arrangement 

 moved to new ground. 



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