FROM INCUBATOR TO BROODER 



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torn. On this box (Figure 82) nail a square of zinc, 

 tin or sheet iron, which will exactly cover it, as at a a. 

 Nail on top of this zinc cover, around the outside 

 edges, strips of board one inch square, cutting a space, 

 h h, three-fourths of an inch wide, in center of each 

 side. On these strips nail board cover or floor, c c. 

 Bore in center of this cover a two-inch hole, d, insert- 

 ing a two-inch zinc tube three inches long. For hover, 

 e, take a board eighteen or twenty-four inches square, 

 nail four legs four inches long to the four corners. 

 Tack three-inch fringe or strip of felt or flannel around 

 edges, slashing the same every three or four inches. 



FIG 82 : SMALL LAMP BROODER 



A fence will be required around the top to keep 

 chicks from falling off, also a cleated run for them to 

 go up and down. Place a common lamp underneath 

 this box to warm air in space, which is drawn in 

 through spaces b b and passes up through tube and 

 radiates out over chicks, keeping them constantly sup- 

 plied with fresh air. Bore hole in hover and insert 

 thermometer, h. Keep the temperature at one hundred 

 the first few days, the second week lower to ninety, 

 third week eighty or less is sufficient; do not keep 

 them too warm. 



