a6 EGGS AND POULTRY 
Some poultrymen advocate a _ fireless 
brooder; i. ¢., one without artificial heat 
They depend on confining the heat which 
the chicks give off from their bodies to keep 
up the warmth. My experience is that little 
chickens brooded in any hover without 
artificial heat crowd 
one another. 
Crowding must be 
avoided always, or 
a loss will result, 
even when the 
chicks are large. 
Home-made fireless brooder. 
at 
Without heat they 
always crowd, look- 
ing for the warmest 
spot i the center of 
the bunch. The con- 
tinual pushing of the 
outside ones often re- 
sults in the middle Same, showing corners 
ones being smothered. oa 
The mother hen in brooding separates the 
chicks with her legs and her feathers, be- 
sides supplying them with heat. 
