POULTRY KEEPING 249 



steam or hot-water pipes. There are many different 

 kinds of small brooders many of which are very satis- 

 factory, or one may make a simple one that will do very 

 satisfactory work, the heat coming from a kerosene 

 lamp supplied with the Trench or some other burner, 

 the flame of which will not increase in size as the lamp 

 and surroundings rise in temperature. A regular, even 

 temperature must be kept up both in incubator and 

 brooder. 



For success 

 with the incu- 

 bator one needs 

 a warm and 

 fairly dry cellar, 

 with an even 

 temperature, 

 that the heat 

 and moisture in 



FIG. 85 A Model Brooder, where the Chickens 

 the hatching are Kept After Being Taken from Incubator. 



chamber may be kept at the required point. Success in 

 running these "wooden hens" depends much upon how 

 skilfully one can run the lamp, regulate the moisture, 

 and care for the other parts of the machine. This must 

 be learned with each kind of incubator, many of which 

 are to be found in the market. Full directions accom- 

 pany each machine and should be carefully followed. 

 The one shown in the picture is largely and successfully 

 in use. As with the hen the chicks should be removed 

 from the incubator as soon as they hatch and carefully 

 protected in the brooder. 



Feed for Chicks. 



No food need be given the chicks the first twenty-four 

 hours, but fresh water should be before them in very 

 shallow pans or watering fountains where they cannot 



