HATCHING AND REARING 



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hot water circulates, while some prefer the individual 

 brooders made and advertised by incubator companies and 

 heated by kerosene lamps and stoves. 



For the poultryman who has less than 500 chicks to rear 

 in a season, the individual brooder equipment is less expen- 

 sive and is usually satisfactory. Occasionally on large 

 farms 'where the number of chicks produced annually runs 

 into thousands, we find most of the brooding, especially 

 of the young chicks, done in lamp brooders. 



Where to Place the Brooder. 



The use of the pipe' system requires a well built house 



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Interior of a Brooding House, Showing the ' Pipes W^hich Heat the 



Hovers and Also the Four-Inch Cast Iron Pipes Which 



Warm the House. 



but when individual brooders are used, a shed is frequently 

 sufficient to protect them except in extremely cold weather 

 and it is not impossible to operate out-door brooders during 

 the severest winter weather without any protection what- 

 ever, though such a practice is not advised, An out-door 

 brooder placed in a shed which is provided with a curtain 

 front to be let down in stormy weather can be used suc- 

 cessfully in the winter months, if the heat capacity is suf- 

 ficient, and the chicks will derive much benefit from the 

 pure air received. In-door brooders, unless so constructed 



