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I open them to remove the chicks except when there is an 

 extra big hatch, when I open the door a quarter of an inch 

 and fasten it there after the chicks are all hatched and 

 dried. Mr. Ring: Turn down the flame and gradually 

 reduce temperature. Mr. Langworthy: I remove the trays 

 with the shells and unhatched eggs, and leave the regulator 

 and lamp as they were at hatching time. Mr. Lackore: I 

 remove the egg trays and keep the temperature at 100 de- 

 grees. 



Question. What are your reasons for doing as stated 

 above? 



Answers. Mr. Ring: To avoid subjecting the chicks to 

 too great a change of temperature when removing them 

 from- incubator to brooder and to lessen the chance of chil- 

 ling them in their removal. Mr. Langworthy: Taking out 

 the trays gives the chicks more room and gives a chance to 

 put in a little grit and water a short time before taking out 

 the chicks. Mr. Lackore: The chicks are less likelytotake 

 cold if perfectly dried and are stronger and better able to 

 stand the changes in temperature which follow their removals 

 The chick^ can be accustomed to a lower temperature 

 more gradually ,9,lid more easily in the incubator than any- 

 where else. 



Question. Describe the way you move the chicks to the 

 brooder. • 



Answers. Mr. (Duston: ,In a basket lined with cloth in 

 which, they are carefully covered during the removal. Mr. 

 Dodge: _In cold weather we move them in a market basket 

 covering them well with a flannel blanket, but in summer 

 they do not need to be so carefully covered, in fact last sea- 

 son we moved 1,800 chicks in an iron coal bucket. Mr. Ring: 

 I put a couple of heated bricks covered with burlap in the 

 bottom of a galvanized iron basket and cover them with an- 

 other layer of burlap. Mr. Langworthy: We put a warm 

 cloth in a basket or box, place the chicks upon it and fold 

 one end of the cloth over them. Mr. Lackore: I line a box 

 or basket with a warm flannel cloth, put in the chicks and 

 cover them with another warm cloth. 



Operating the Brooder. 

 ' Question. Do you use indoor or outdoor brooders? 



