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and liberal feeding, which the chicks receive while obtaining 

 their growth. 



Nothing is so dangerous to growing chicks as crowding, 

 and the greatest care must be used to see that they do not 

 get to feel chilled. This care must be taken even after they 

 have started to roost, if the weather suddenly gets cold. In 

 such cases the heat should be started up again in the hovers 

 if possible. 



The greatest danger in crowding is when chicks get into 

 corners ; but they can be taught, if they are started right, to 

 always go to the hover. 



After the chicks are hover-broke and are four or five days 

 old, they will, if of the active breeds like Leghorns, begin to 

 jump over the wire enclosure previously described, if such an 



Feeding Board Described on Page 40 

 (With Supports to Raise Above the Litter for Grown Fowls) 



enclosure is used. When they do this, the ''yard" can be ex- 

 tended by unrolling more wire, and leaving an opening where 

 the ends come. This opening can be made at the side of the 

 house nearest the light to make its finding easy. The chicks 

 will learn at once that they can get out all around the house 

 or shed. Litter should be all over the floor. At dusk they 

 should be watched very carefully for a day or two, as some 

 of them, maybe only two or three, will fail to find the opening 

 to the hover. 



You will be surprised and amused to see how hard they 

 will work to find this opening, and after a day or two you will 

 have no trouble. When the chicks are all in their yard, or 

 after they are trained, you can close the opening to this yard 

 at your last visit for the night ; and place feed and water inside 

 the yard ready for morning. 



The floor inside this yard should always be kept covered 

 with litter, and the yard can be narrowed down to within a 



