FROM INCUBATOR TO BROODER 



79 



An Improved Brooder — Fio^ure 79 shows the lamp 

 below a sheet of iron that securely shuts off the lamp 

 chamber from the space above. (Sec also Figure 80.) 

 Bed the sheet iron in white lead to make it air tight. 

 Above the sheet iron is a floor of matched stuff, and in 

 the center is a five-inch drum opening into the space 

 between the floor and the sheet iron. Around the top 

 of the drum are openings that let the hot air out into 

 the brooder. 



The top of the drum extends out for ten inches 

 all around the drum and from the outer edge a flannel 



FIG 80; IMPROVED BROODER 



curtain is hung, inclosing a circular space with the 

 drum in the center. The curtain is "slashed" up every 

 three inches. Within this curtain will be the warmest 

 place in the brooder. It will always be warm in there. 

 If it becomes too warm the chicks will go outside the 

 curtain. The addition of this inclosed hover renders 

 it practicall}^ impossible for the chickens to be chilled 

 or overheated, and makes a very excellent brooder into 

 one that cannot well be improved. 



The dotted line (Figure 79) shows where the 

 cover can be placed for an inside brooder. If it is to 

 be used out of doors it must have a sloping cover. 



