INCUBATING, BROODING, FEEDING 



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Question. Describe how you handle the chicks- during 

 the first 24 hours in the brooder. 



Answers. Mr. Duston: I do nothing but keep them 

 warm, give a Uttle water with the chill taken off and a little 

 rolled oats scattered before them. Mr. Dodge: I scatter 

 fine chaff all over the brooder floor, keep the chicks under the 

 hover most of the time, teaching them to seek the warmth 

 whenever they are cold, never allowing them to go far' from 

 the hover and giving no food for 36 hours. J\Ir. Ring: I 

 scatter fine grit in litter and gradually reduce the temperature 



A Colony House for Growing Chicks Which Was Constructed Prin- 

 cipally From Odds and Ends of Lumber. 



to 85 degrees. Mr. Langworthy: Keep the temperature 

 about 90 degrees and feed a good prepared chick food and 

 lots of grit and fresh water. Mr. Lackore: I feed them as 

 soon as I put them in, give them some water with the chill 

 taken off, and see that they go under the hover when they 

 are cold. 



The Temperature of the Brooder. 

 Question. What temperature do you maintain in the 



