| Show Chick Piling Means Big Loss to the The piling of chicks clucks frequently causes heavy losses This habit Is common with chicks ranging In age from two to four foul months but Is most dl disastrous with chicks just at atthe atthe atthe the time heat hest Is discontinued says the Missouri farmer To avoid arold these losses often orten taxes the tiro In ingenuity of the The danger nger ceases as ns soon as the chicks tn tin e a to the ire roosts To encourage early roosting roosts should be In Installed installed Installed stalled at nt least by the time the chicks are six weeks eels old These should be placed In the rear real of or the house only a n few Inches above the floor The lo losses looses es from Crom piling are due to tine the clucks chicks on the bottom of ot the pile smothering or sweating which saps their vitality Some poultry men avoid piling by Installing instilling wire frames For Instance a frame two feet wide Ide running the entire length lenth of the north side of or the house fre frequently solves sol the problem This frame Crame covered with wire netting Is sloped up so co that thit the back ch edge Is about ten Inches incites above e the true floor As the chicks crowd toward the corners they are elevated off oft the floor This Tills discourages piling and It if the frames are provided pro with a couple of Ii 14 Inch strips they serve as roosts |
