POULTRY HOUSES RECOMMENDED 57 
If you-ever use any brooding device with- 
out heat, make sure the corners are rounded 
out, as it is to the corners, always, that the 
little fellows go first when sleepy. Rounded 
corners will dissipate the danger to some ex- 
tent. Heated brooders will accommodate 
50 to 100 chicks depending upon size. With 
the small loss one is almost certain to have, 
they will care for the little flock until the 
next batch arrives, when the chicks can be 
Simple fireiess brooder. 
moved to heated colony houses. You will 
need water pan, feed trough and little grit 
and charcoal hopper for this brooder. All 
of these must be kept scrupulously clean. 
Should the season be a mild one, this house 
could be omitted and the chicks brought up 
from the day of hatching in the colony house, 
description of which follows. 
