CHAPTER XIII 



RAISING INCUBATOR CHICKS 



Although it is not always desirable to use in- 

 cubators for home poultry purposes, neither does 

 it pay to fuss with setting hens, when you can 

 possibly find time to give incubator chicks a fair 

 start. If home incubation is not feasible we 

 can depend upon "day-old" chicks from reliable 

 poultry men. The methods used are the same 

 whether you raise chicks hatched in your own 

 incubator, or buy them from others. 



In bu5Hjig day-old chicks you know just when 

 you are going to have your chicks, and how many 

 you are going to have. You start the flock off 

 together, give it the necessary care when young, 

 wean it from the brooder in four or five weeks, 

 watch it a little after tl^at at nightfall, and you 

 have no more bother with heat or cold, chick feed, 

 and general nursery business. With setting hens 

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