REARING CHICKS IN BROODER HOUSE 129 



the hovers, and this is the reason it is possible to 

 carry such a large number of youngsters in each hover 

 compartment. In large hatches, when we have been 

 crowded for room, two hundred chicks have frequently 

 been carried in one compartment of four feet in width. 



Corning Feeds Dry Food Only 



When the chicks are first placed in the hover com- 

 partment the inclined plane is drawn up and they find 

 two drinking cups ready — the style that feeds itself 

 into a small cup, into which it is not possible for the 

 youngsters to get. They also find waiting for them 

 their first meal of Corning Chick Food. For the first 

 twenty-four hours the inclined plane remains up, 

 and the hovers are visited every two hours. If the 

 amount of Chick Food has been well cleaned up, an- 

 other feeding is evenly distributed over the boards. 

 It must be understood that litter is never placed on 

 the hover floor, though it is kept two inches deep on 

 the floor of the pen. 



Three Feeds Daily 



The following morning the inclined plane is let 

 down, about five handfuls of Corning Chick Food to 

 every hundred chicks is thrown into the litter, and a 

 little is scattered just at the top of the inclined plane 

 to entice the youngsters down. No more food is 

 given until the noon hour, when, into the litter is 

 thrown two handfuls to every hundred chicks, and 



