BROODER YARDS. 



All brooder houses should have yards or runs, 

 the larger the better. The fence should consist of 

 a base board one or two (two preferred) feet high, 

 nailed to posts, two by four inches, placed ten feet 

 apart and two feet in the ground and six feet above 

 ground, with wire netting above it. If the base 

 board is two feet high the mesh of the netting may 

 be one" and a half inch or two inches, but if the 

 base board is only one foot high, then you should 

 have one inch mesh netting at least one foot above 

 the board, and finish above with larger mesh. The 

 same kind of fence should divide the yards or 

 runs. If possible have an independent gate at the 

 outer end of each yard. You will soon recognize 

 its usefulness. Besides keeping the chicks separated 

 and at peace with neighbors, the base board breaks 

 the wind in winter. 



FEEDING CHICKS. 



Give them no food for the first twenty-four hours, 

 as the yelk of the egg is absorbed by the chick 

 just before it breaks from the shell, and supplies 

 nourishment for at least twenty-four hours after 

 hatching. Cramming other food into the stomach 

 before the yelk is digested is injurious. 



Give them fresh, clean water from the start. 

 Have it in a fountain so they cannot get into it. 

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