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also used for heating brooders that have a capacity for 

 more than a hundred chicks. All of the several systems 

 used in brooding have lamps as the source of heat for 

 small brooders. 



A successful type of hover is shown in Fig. 3. 

 This is circular* allowing no corners for chicks to 

 crowd in, and because of the way in which the heat 

 from the lamp is deflected, the space immediately behind 

 the curtain is warmer than the space next to the lamp, 

 thus removing any inclination on the part of the chicks 



FIG. 4 



to huddle together. These hovers may be used in a 

 brood coop, the unoccupied space in the coop being used 

 for the nursery, or they may be placed in a house with 

 a small wire-netting fence about each to prevent the 

 chicks from wandering away from the hover. Two 

 of these hovers arranged in this way are shown in 

 Fig. 4. 



In Fig. 5 is shown another type of hover in a two- 

 apartment colony brooder coop. The hover is shown 

 in the left-hand section of the brood coop. The right- 

 hand section may also hold a hover if desired. After 



