42 POULTRY 
The day selected for the first outdoor 
exercise of the chicks should be, if possible, 
warm and sunny. The chicks should be 
gotten out about ten o’clock in the forenoon, 
and, incidentally, at about feeding time. 
The door leading into the yard should be 
opened, every chick driven outdoors, and the 
door closed. Then the chicks should be fed 
their rolled oats or chick feed outdoors. 
This will keep them busy, active, and con- 
tented for a little time, even on a cold, raw 
day. 
After the chicks have eaten their fill, and 
whenever they begin to peep and appear 
cold, open the door and drive them all back 
in again, every chick. This should be done 
again that same afternoon, about two or 
three o’clock, while the day is still warm. 
If this process is followed for about three 
days, then the chicks will go in and out of 
their own accord and go readily. 
Care should be taken to see that the run 
from the brooder house to the ground be 
just as low and as gradual as possible. This 
may be accomplished by using sods or earth 
and building a gradual runway. A steep 
