252 



POULTRY PRODUCTION 



The outdoor brooder should be moved onto fresh sod 

 whenever the grass surrounding it begins to be eaten off 

 close. The brooder should never be allowed on bare ground 

 if it can be avoided. 



Fig. 132 



Steep approaches must be cleated or wired so the chicks won't slip, 

 of Kansas Experiment Station.) 



(Courtesy 



Number of Chicks to a Brooder. — Commercial brooders are 

 usually over-rated as to their capacity. While many of the 

 round hovers on the market are capable of brooding one 

 hundred chicks at the beginning, they are able to do it only 

 when' the space under the hover is left free for the occupancy 

 of the chicks. In some hovers nearly half the hover space is 

 occupied by the heater. 



