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HATCHING AND REARING 



brooder, and the long intensive brooder house. The small 

 colony brooders are usually about 3x5 feet or a little less 

 in size, and form in themselves a complete house. They are 



-TL. * J. _, iu- Small Colony BifooD£R 



TheproTected run within 



fhe brooder hous e 77^^ ovrsiderun enc/osed wiTh 



wire when Jhe chic/rs are i/oung 



^ 7776 warm we/I /ighted and ventilated 

 The heated dar/fened hover be- hover compartment 



neath which fhe chiclxsgoto^etwarm 



The protected run 

 wilhin the brood- 

 er house 



lONo if^TFf^sivE B/^ooo£/9 house. 



The outside run enc/osed with 

 wire whence chic/fs aret/ounff 



The uiarn? well lighted and ventilated 



hover comportment 



The heated daricened hover 

 i?enearh which the chic/rs ^o to^erwarm 



The protected run wit/un_ 

 the brood- 



lAPfa£ CoLONr" S/foooeff 



The outside run enc/osed with 

 wire when the chic/fs are t/o un^. 



The warm, uje///ightsd and oenti/ated 



hover comportment. 

 The fieatea dar/fened hover be- 

 neath which the chic/rs ^o to ^etcoarrrt. 



Fig. 71. — Three types of brooders, showing how each supplies the four requirements 

 for successful brooding. 



portable, and are usually heated by a kerosene lamp. Each 

 brooder will hold from 50 to 75 chicks (Fig. 72). 



A large colony brooder has recently been put on the market, 

 which has a capacity of from 300 to 1500 chicks. Most of 

 the large brooders have coal stoves, above which are arranged 



