Show YIELD DEPENDS ON CHICK START ART ARTI I L Poultry News I IBy By fly PAUL C. C BOYCE Poultry Department Instructor J Jordan High School If Il are to raise hens hen to produce reduce at t a high rate all winter vinter yet et keep down mortality they must give ive the chickens a proper start in life fc After Arter procuring chicks clucks of normal normal nor nor- mal mat vitality good size free tree from dis ease ase ease the must brood them hem properly Pullets should be in good egg production pro pro- during September October November and December Operators desiring fall production should pro pro- duce uce their chicks in March yet early pullets must be more skillfully managed man man- aged ged during the fall to prevent neck molt Late February chicks have given give giveen en n some about 60 per percent percent cent enl production through fall and wintel win tel cr The time chicks are purchased should be determined by the thc pr place ce and nd method of brooding Early brooded brood brood- ed cd d chicks mU must t have greater lion ion from severe weather Brooder rooms corns must be clean dry well weIl yen ven- and so constructed as to main main- Lain ain uniform temperature Do not leave cleaning of the brood brood- brooder er r coop until a few days das before the licks chicks arrive It requires a number ot of da days s 's to dry cement floors even though lough the surface appears dry before be be- fore ore that time and when litter HUer or papers apers are placed upon them the dampness works to the surface Chicks hicks cannot stand continued damp ness ess Proper ventilation means health vitality and happiness to the birds birdi Watch Vatch they them they them they are living Jiving barome- barome Their actions indicate Chicks are re industrious active and playful When such activities exist poultry poultry- inen men will know they are not overheated over over- heated chilled in a draft or lack fresh resh air A dependable adjustable heating unit nit that will give uniform heat is absolutely necessary and nd should be proved roved so before the chicks arrive The warmest place in the brooder house louse should be around 95 degrees when the birds arrive and cut to approximately 87 a week later with I room com heat 10 degrees lower than close to o the heater |