INCUBATORS AND BROODERS 



Sundays, because with a standard make of machine 

 such close and constant attention as this is not 

 necessary. 



There is more than one good make on the 

 market. The beginner should consider the expe- 

 rience of those who have tried different machines. 

 Don't pay much attention to testimonials report- 

 ing 1 00% hatches, but get a machine that has 

 given satisfaction on the large, successful poultry 

 farms. This is the very best advice I can give to 

 the man who knows nothing about it himself. 



The small poultry keeper is in a position to profit 

 as much, accordingly, by the use of incubators and 

 brooders as the larger breeder. With a small flock 

 it frequently occurs that scarcely any eggs are 

 received at times when the greater part of the 

 flock are sitting or want to sit; or, if he has a 

 non-sitting breed, he has to either use an incubator 

 or buy broody hens, and the machine is certainly 

 preferable. 



Here are several points of advantage of 

 machines over hens which the small breeder will 

 do well to observe : Broody hens may be " broken 

 up " immediately and started to laying again in a 

 week or two; it is absolutely true that it is easier 

 to attend to an incubator and brooder than it is 

 to look after a half-dozen or more fussy old hens, 

 which are always untrustworthy and never pleasant 

 to handle nor easy to manage; the chicks are all 



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