PORTABLE BROODER HOUSE 



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In ou-r second year using these houses, we cut out the 

 space between door and window and cleated the boards so 

 we could set them back in place when we wished to, in 

 case of storm or cold weather. At other times we had a 

 frame covered with cloth to set in the space. One needs 

 to watch the temperature same as in an outdoor brooder; 

 the houses get very warm when in the sun and closed up 

 tight. We keep doors and windows open most of the time. 



This matter of overheating the chicks is often the cause 

 of a lack of thrift and vigor in flocks that are well fed and 

 otherwise well cared (for. Often the brooder houses or 



Some of tlie Portable Brooder Houses Described by Ellen A. Day. 



boosting coops are closed up so tightly at, night that the air 

 becomes very foul inside and before morning the tempera- 

 ture is very high. This not only -causes „w'eak chickens but 

 actually causes suffering among them. Our method of fit- 

 ting screens to the windows and doors enable!s us to keep 

 jthe house well open all night so that the chicks obtain 

 plenty of air and at the sanie time are protected from dan- 

 ger. 



Brooder House on Runners. 



If the runners are used, they may be made a part of 

 the sills, or the longitudinal sills (those at the front and 

 back) may be made of two-inch planks eight inches wide. 



