CHAPTER VI 
BROODING THE NEWLY HATCHED CHICKS 
UCH that is written about the handling of 
newly hatched chickens has little or no 
significance for the average amateur, be- 
cause he will not have early broods to deal with. 
Chicks coming into the world in January and Feb- 
ruary appear at quite an unseasonable date, accord- 
ing to the laws laid down by Dame Nature, and an 
exceptional amount of time and care must be given 
them. These are special purpose chicks, intended 
for broilers or roasters, and are grown by com- 
mercial poultrymen with the proper equipment for 
raising young stock when the ground is covered with 
snow. 
The amateur poultry keeper, on the contrary, 
will delay hatching until March or later, and will 
find less difficulty in raising his chicks. This is 
especially true if the weather is such that he can get 
them onto the ground at any early age. Hundreds 
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