Chapter VI 

 BROODING THE NEWLY HATCHED CHICKS 



MUCH that is written about the handling of 

 newly hatched chickens has little or no 

 significance for the average amateur, be- 

 cause he will not have early broods to deal with. 

 Chicks coming into the world in January and Feb- 

 ruary appear at quite an unseasonable date, accord- 

 ing to the laws laid down by Dame Nature, and an 

 exceptional amount of time and care must be given 

 them. These are special purpose chicks, intended 

 for broilers or roasters, and are grown by com- 

 mercial poultrymen with the proper equipment for 

 raising young stock when the ground is covered with 

 snow. 



The amateur poultry keeper, on the contrary, 

 will delay hatching until March or later, and will 

 find less difficulty in raising his chicks. This is 

 especially true if the weather is such that he can get 

 them onto the ground at any early age. Hundreds 



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