INCUBATION AND BROODING 347 
running properly just previous to the time of hatching. 
As the chicks hatch they tind their way into the nursery space or 
drawer of the incubator, which provides them al] they need for 36 
to 48 hours. They continue the absorption of the yolk, which serves 
as food, and find that the warmth of 95 to 98 degrees is pleasant and 
agreeable. This slightly lower temperature somewhat hardens their 
bodies and prepares them for the brooder temperature. 
10. Transferring to brooder.—The newly hatched 
chicks should not be fed or watered in the incubator. 
About 24 hours before using the brooder let it be heated, 
making sure of its being dry and warm. The brooder 
lamp is now adjusted 
so as to get an even 
temperature of 95 de- 
grees in the hover-cov- 
ered space of the brood- 
er. This temperature 
will be raised two or 
three degrees after the 
chicks are placed in their new quarters. During the first 
week the temperature is maintained at 96 to 98 degrees; 
after that time it is gradually lowered to 90 degrees at 
the end of two weeks. From now on a temperature of 
75 degrees in the hover is sufficient. 
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Day-OL_p CHICKS READY FOR SHIPMENT 
11. First day in brooder.—The first meal is due after 
an hour or two in the brooder. 
Nothing is better than a 
mixture of stale bread, rolled 
oats and infertile eggs from the 
incubator. Use for the mixture 
one-third stale bread, one-third 
“rolled oats or oatmeal, and one- 
third hard-boiled eggs, shells 
and all, stirred up in milk. A 
sprinkle of chick-size grit or 
INTERIOR OF 100-CHICK COLONY 
Showing adaptable hover. 
