CHAPTER XI 



HATCHING WITH INCUBATORS 



The selection of a machine for hatching will 

 offer no great problem, especially where others 

 in the same town already own incubators of vari- 

 ous types. There is no need to pay high prices 

 unless you wish to hatch a large number of eggs 

 at a time. Usually five or six dollars wiU buy a 

 machine giving excellent results, and for ten 

 dollars I have bought an incubator and brooder 

 which hatched and brooded the chickens from 

 one hundred eggs with perfect success. 



In winter issues of poultry magazines, various 

 incubators are advertised and explained. Look 

 them over, make up your mind about how many 

 eggs you want to handle, and about what you want 

 to spend. Unlike many ventures of modem 

 times, there are few extras to pay for. When the 

 incubator and brooder are bought, the oil for 



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