BROODING AND REARING YOUNG STOCK 



in the No. 1 house until they are from 2 to 3 weeks 

 old, this of course depending somewhat upon the 

 time of year and the weather and also upon the 

 number of ducklings for which accommodations 

 must be provided at any particular time. As the 

 ducks are moved down through the house and 

 eventually reach the last pens they are taken from 

 this house and placed in brooder house No. 2. 



Brooder House No. 2. This is a heated house like 

 brooder house No. 1 but in which it is not necessary 

 to maintain so high a temperature. Sufficient heat- 

 ing apparatus should be installed to make it pos- 

 sible to maintain the temperature at 60 degrees if 

 this becomes necessary in the early spring. 



The particular brooder house described is 14 feet 

 wide and has a shed roof. It is provided with a 

 window in the front of each pen. No openings are 

 required along the back since this is not a double 

 pen house. The space in such a house could un- 

 doubtedly be used to better advantage if it were 

 constructed as wide as the No. 1 house and the hot 

 water pipes and walk put through the middle of the 

 house so as to provide double pens. In this house 

 the hot water pipes are run along the rear of the 

 pens, and while hovers are not really necessary, a 

 walk is constructed over the pipes in order to save 

 space and provide a convenient place from which 

 to do the work, and this forms hovers. 



Ordinarily after May 1 no heat is needed in the 

 No. 2 house. The pens in this house are 12 feet wide 



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