FEED LITTLE BUT OFTEN 



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As a rule, chicks learn to eat as soon as they are able to stand. 

 They will even commence picking at things while they are in the 



(Courtesy Buckeye Incubator Company) 



Fig. 206. — Brooder stove with the hover or heat deflector raised to permit 

 sweeping and cleaning around the base of the stove. The deflector is suspended 

 by means of rope and pulleys attached to a counterpoise weight. 



incubator. The idea seems to come to them as instinctively as 

 walking. In the case of drinking it is sometimes necessary to 

 teach them, or at least to point out the presence of water. This 



