38 EARLY HATCHING 



to raise them requires special attention and care. 

 Winter is only in hiding, even though the days be 

 moderate, and sudden drops in temperature should 

 be looked for during the entire months of March 

 and April. Take no chances, prepare for these 

 conditions, have your baby chicks protected from 

 such changes in climatic conditions. A little precau- 

 tion in this direction may save you many dollars; 

 exposure on one night may kill more chicks than you 

 could hatch in a three weeks' run of the incubator. 

 Watchfulness and forethought are a necessity in 

 successful poultry raising. 



This is the time of the year when hatching eggs 

 are in big demand and herein lies the temptation 

 offered to poultry breeders to sell their eggs at 

 good prices. The cash looks attractive and ofttimes 

 influences their business judgment, resulting in an 

 oversale of the early hatching eggs, leaving them 

 no eggs for their own incubators. Such poultry 

 breeders fail to realize that these early eggs are 

 worth just as much to them for hatching purposes 

 as they are to others. 



A good idea is to figure out approximately how 

 many eggs you intend to set this season and then 

 apportion so many for each of the following months 

 — March, April, and May. By following this plan 

 there is not much danger of overselling and the 

 breeder will not disappoint himself in his own 

 hatches. To sell all the early eggs and depend on 



