170 EGGS AND POULTRY 
Don’t neglect to insure your buildings and 
stock. Insurance gives a feeling of safety 
that is worth far more than the cost. 
Don’t fail to have a pocket flashlight lamp 
to look at the thermometer in your incu- 
bators during the day and for dozens of use- 
ful purposes at night. 
Don’t over-crowd your chickens, whether 
they are little chicks or old hens. They will 
all do better with at least comfortable space. 
Don’t allow anything that might interfere 
with the thermostat regulator to remain on 
top of the incubators. I burned up 240 eggs 
and have heard of others who smothered 
chickens by the heat running up in this way. 
Don’t under any circumstance store coops, 
etc., to be used the following spring to brood 
little chickens, where old hens can get to 
them and so infest them with lice. Lice are 
death to little chicks. 
Don’t let very young chicks get caught out 
in a shower. To prevent this 
Don’t allow young chicks to range until 
they are familiar enough with their quarters 
to run back in their houses. They may be 
made to know their house by being enclosed 
with wire runs for a week, 
