DUCKS AND GEESE 



and they are equipped with feeding and watering 

 arrangements as in brooder house No. 1. As the 

 ducklings are moved to this house from the No. 1 

 house from 150 to 200 are placed in each pen. They 

 are moved through the house from pen to pen in the 

 same manner as in the No. 1 house to make way for 

 new arrivals. As a rule they stay in this house about 

 two weeks depending somewhat on the weather and 

 upon the number of ducklings being brooded. Yards 

 are used in connection with this house which are the 

 same width as the pens and 50 feet in length. As in 

 the No. 1 house the pens in this house should be 

 cleaned at least once a week and they should be 

 bedded with straw or other bedding material every 

 other day. As soon as the ducks have been moved 

 through this No. 2 house they are put in brooder 

 house No. 3. 



Brooder House No. 3 



This is a shed roof house 16 feet wide equipped 

 with single pens. No heat is required in this house. 

 Yards of the same width as the pens and 50 feet 

 deep are used. Usually the ducks are fed outside 

 the house from a wagon driven along a roadway 

 just in front of the yards. 



The pens are 16 feet wide and the same number 

 of ducks is used in them as in the No. 2 house. As 

 a rule the ducks stay in this house about 2 weeks 

 and are then moved to the duck pens or shelters 



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