ARTIFICIAL BROODING 



EXERCISE XIV 



Location and Construction of Brooder 

 Houses 



The following systems in brooder house design 

 are in common use. 



(a) Long house. 



1. Continuous hover heated by hot- 

 water pipes. 



2. Indoor individual brooder, double 

 or single, heated by kerosene lamps. 



3. Equipped with fireless brooders. 



(b) Small colony brooder house with indoor 

 brooder. 



In long brooder houses the entire house is 

 usually kept at the desired temperature by 

 means of wall or ceiling coils of pipes, and the 

 hovers are heated separately. 



Which of these systems are in use on the 

 plant being studied ? 



Note the location of the brooder house with 

 reference to the incubator cellar. Is it near at 

 hand or at considerable distance? Which is 



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