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during the first day so that the hen will brood the chicks 

 frequently and conserve their strength. Unless the weather 

 is warm the brood coop should not be placed outdoors, but 

 should be given a place in a well lighted building which is 

 clean and which has been thoroughly disinfected if neces- 

 sary. In warm weather the little chicks can be moved to a 

 coop on the warm ground immediately, and should always 

 be given fresh green grassy runs. They should not be put 

 where older broods or fowls have been running earlier in the 

 season. 



Feeding the Baby Chick. The first feed may be stale but 

 not musty or mouldy bread, moistened with milk and then 

 squeezed quite dry, with a little grit and a little finely granu- 

 lated charcoal sprinkled on it ; johnny cake baked hard, crum- 

 bled and fed dry; hard boiled egg chopped fine and mixed 

 half and half with bread crumbs ; steel cut oatmeal, or any of 

 the numerous, satisfactory rations given to little chicks by 



NESTS FOB SETTING HENS, BUILT IN PAIRS 



Placed on the ground or floor in any building if secluded. By this 

 arrangement the hens may be fastened on and fed at regular intervals 

 or allowed to come off and go on at will. 



