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When the hatching is done in an incubator, the chicks 

 are left for twenty-four hours after hatching and then re- 

 moved to the brooder, which must be at a temperature of 

 from ninety to ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit. By the time 

 the chicks are a month old the brooder may be brought 

 gradually down to seventy degrees. 



1. Is any care taken in raising chickens on your farm 

 toward selecting eggs from the best hens for setting? Is 

 care taken to use only the best male birds? 



2. Draw a plan for a suitable nest for a sitting hen, 

 showing covered runway. 



A well-arranged interior, showing nests and feeding equipment 



3. Do you make the test for infertile eggs after the 

 hens have been set about a week ? How do you tell whether 

 the egg has started to hatch ? 



5. Feeding Chickens 

 Feeding young chickens. For the first forty-eight 



