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CHICKS 



buildings are more to be desired than warm damp buildings-. 

 Nothing will cause sickness any quicker than a close, damp, 

 'warm house. 



Care of Eggs for Hatching. 



Now comes the care of the eggs and here is where much 

 trouble arises. Eggs for hatching caimot be handled 

 too carefully. They should be gathered two or three times 

 daily during hatching season so they will not get dirty, 

 chilled or otherwise injured. Good, clean nests should be 

 furnished, thus doing away with the washing of eggs. 



They should be kept at a medium temperature, between 

 fifty degrees and sixty degrees being considered best for 

 good results. Reject all imperfect, small and large e^s, 

 and keep for hatching only uniform, medium eggs. If 

 kept at too low a temperature the chilUng injures them; 

 if, on the other hand, the temperature is too high, develop- 

 ment of life begins. If kept in too dry a room eggs evaporate 

 very rapidly, and on that account especially they should 

 not be exposed to a direct draught of air. They should 

 fee turned daily in order to prevent the yokes adhering to 

 the shell, in which case the delicate membrane near the germ 

 may be -.ruptured when the eggs are turned. Eggs to be 

 hatched should be as fresh as possible when set. The older 

 the eggs become the lower the ferjiility and the less the num- 

 ber of vigorous chickens. 



