306 



COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING 



confines of the wing feathers; or, if they are too warm, they can 

 push out their heads and cool off. Thus it will be seen tha.t the 

 natural condition is a very flexible one, and we should aim to 

 imitate this flexibility as much as possible in artificial brooding. 



No Special Buildings. — A brooder stove does not require a 

 special type of building, and this factor is one of its greatest 

 virtues. It can be installed anywhere, providing the room or 



(Courtesy Newtown Giant Incubator Co.) 



Fig. 200. — Coal-burning brooder stove. Note the circle formed by the chicks. 



building is fairly well constructed, weather-proof, dry, and 

 capable of being well ventilated without direct drafts. 



Stoves may be set up in colony houses, and later, when the 

 brood no longer require artificial heat, the stoves may be removed 

 and the same quarters used for rearing the young stock. See 

 Fig. 201. Stoves may be erected in laying houses, and when the 

 broods are weaned the stoves are taken down and stored else- 

 where, or removed to other quarters to take care of new broods. 

 The idea is simplicity itself; it is flexible and economical. 



Fuel. — There are various types of brooder stoves on the mar- 



