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SPECIFICATION OP BROODER (see Plan). 

 Timber. Brooder should be covered with Jin. or lin. boards, thoroughly seasoned. 



Lining. Under-side of top boarding between wire netting and glass to be lined 

 with galvanised iron, to confine the heat. 



Felt. To be fixed with strips of wood. 



Bottoms. With board run hinged on front so as to move up or down, and fixed 

 with hooks. 



Glass Lids. In four sections, with two squares of glass in each, hinged to cover or 

 top boards. 



Piping. Of 1 in. gas-piping. 



Length. The length of brooder may be varied to suit circumstances. 



Lamp. Details of lamp should be similar to Cypher's Duplex Brooder-lamps. 



CALWAY BROODER. 

 A cheap and useful brooder for thirty-five chicks, made from portion of cask. 



FEEDING CHICKENS. 



Chickens should not be fed for forty-eight to sixty hours after they 

 are hatched, as nature has supplied them with all they need up to that 

 time. They should then be supplied with a small quantity of hard-boiled 

 egg, shell included, put through a mincing-machine, also bread-crumbs 

 and oatmeal, mixed with boiled milk (if you have this to spare) and 

 made just moist enough to break easily. Avoid above everything giving 

 chickens sticky or sloppy food, and do not give more than they will eat 

 up clean at a time. For the first week they should be fed during the 

 day every two hours, and for the second week every three hours. 



The chick should, from the day it leaves the shell until full growth 

 is reached, be made to gain weight. There must be no check, or it will 

 cost far more in food to bring the bird to maturity. 



