HATCHING AJMD REARING 



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An Outdoor Brooder In Which Chicks May he Reared in Warm or 

 Cold Weather. 



but when they are only a day or two old, they should not be 

 allowed to run far enough from the brooder so that they 

 will not return when in need of warmth. If the brooder 

 has a liberal floor space outside of the hover, they may be 

 confined to the machine for the first three or four days and for 

 a longer tiriie if the air surrounding the machine is very cold. 



After the first of May, the temperature is not likely to 

 be too cold for the chicks outside and they should be induced 

 to take exercise in the open air. The youngsters must 

 be taught to return to their hover, a lesson which sometimes 

 takes them some time to learn and taxes the patience of 

 their care-taker. But by allowing them to have a little 

 more range each day and driving them back to the hover 

 occasionally, they soon leam where they should go when* 

 chilly or in need of rest. 



When the chicks are brooded in a building, it is not often 

 advisable to let them outside of the building before they are 

 a week old, but doors and windows should be opened so 

 that the air within will be perfectly pure. After they are 

 a, week old they may be allowed to run outside in a gradual- 

 ly increas,ed inclosure. A yard ten by forty feet should 



