ACCESSORIES AND APPLIANCES 
by overfeeding than any other one thing. 
Fresh water and sharp grit should be 
before them at all times. (Read ‘‘Care 
of the Baby Chicks,’’ pages 57 to 60.) 
My brooders have a 
capacity of one hundred 
chicks, but after the 
chicks are two weeks old the number 
should be reduced to fifty. 
While removing chicks from incubator 
to brooder do not chill them. Handle 
them carefully, for they are very tender. 
Chicks should be confined in a run 
about the size of the brooder for the first 
week, or until they learn to use the 
brooder well, when they can be given 
more room. (Read pages 49 to 57 for 
further information.) 
Capacity of 
Brooder 
125 
