Show 1 91 HICKS P 06 on 11 HOU sa s1 14 the should be care boder home id jr t fully planned 7 I 1 WHEN FIRST HAT CHED 11 example ot of a brooder house od rod plaris for or Construct construction lon bown B md and method of maintaining temperature E explained 6 jb B of by W WILLIAM ILLIAM A RADFORD bar william A It adford will answer mi epsilons r lont and give advice FREE OF 4 ST on all subjects P pertaining orta ining to the to IL of building work ort on the farm for act ta ca of this paper on account of FLO as E editor author and tab experience s wide without doubt the he Is beest authority on all these theeo subjects ad hot Bis til all inquiries to william A leadford En edbis s chicago ill III and enli bo 10 F airle avenue etc r B ll loBe two cent sta stamp mp for cepl reply V uke all otter other young life alfe chickens baly baby Ci licks need great cure care na as belr lives fire easily snuffed out ei young those who are discourages bill to fact in their attempts to reap 9 pronta that are niall made e by others in es paltry raising especially those who attempt to bring incubator to the ithe eating or egg laying stage for those wil who 0 have incubators the first step Is to get fertile eggs agga preferably front from purebred liens hens eggs should not be more than ten flays old na T tu ci t 4 agg qa 8 B iss I 1 a Z Z 2 1 t 6 jr if f 4 Q J oi ELJ o i K S V L J 4 have been kept in uneven temi tem I 1 i Pera ture about 50 degrees and should be e uniform in size BID with smooth clean the incubator should be run several days before the eggs tire are placed ln in it to prove that it can maint maintain aln no an eter temperature after the eggs are ou the trays the tempe temperature grature the first aiB tr few clays should bo be 10 after chilt until the chicks leak l eak cak through their shells sl iella eggs of course should bo be turned every tiny lay and tit nt tile the hind allowed to cool from froin tile tho seventh to tile tenth lentil days they should be tested those that tire ire infertile should bo be thrown out as well as those in III which the gerni germ ailts lilts died the latter especially should he be taken out us its they will spoil mid and cl destroy tile the fe for tile eggs proper moisture tit in tile in cebator la is it nother important point the ThO chicks ellicks appear on oil the twentieth or twenty first lay day and it Is best to leave thein in tile incubator for 48 hours if they tire taken out they should not be fed ns as for tile tho first two days tile colli of the egg eg in the digestive tract supplies aupp lles nil 1111 the nourishment they need it Is after tho the chicks are lintel hatched led that they need constant watch watching ilig for or several dilys for such 11 little thing as a draft striking them will kill a whole flock during tile tho night for instance when the chicks tire aio taken from the incubator they should bo be placed in what Is called a brooder house a good example of which Is shown in III tile the illustration In tile brooder house proper tile tho part shown on the floor plan 0 feet square contains the licater heater and tho the self belt feeder the shed part Is to give the chicks a cliance chance to get away from the hent just as they leave the mother lien hen and got get feed and exercise exer else tills this building Is constructed weather tight tigi it tit at tho the saine eaino ahne there are windows to provide yenti ventilation lation caro care 4 lie ab aw K T tzg aa T 1 I 1 ak za A R e ra 1 I 1 K 1 ANI 11 1 wf 1 7 Z a al alx agg i pl R NA 1 I if should be exercised however that there are no drafts A constant temperature rather high should be maintained under the hover which should be large enough so that tho the chicks do not have to crowd tile the chicks will get out from under for a time and its as they get cool seek its shelter again during we the first few days the chicks should be red fed five or six times a lay day on oil chick feed or buttermilk through a drinking fountain which may bo be a bottle turned bottom side up in a dish with one edge slightly raised so the liquid can seep out clean water or better still sour milk should be available to them at fill all times the floor of the brooder house should be covered with clean sand covered with a little of chopped straw or chaff at one end farthest from the brooder stove there should be sprouted oats or some other green stuff oats are best because the chicks have to pull it and there therefore fur to not get too much the floor plan of the building alvea a good idea of its construction it Is of fraina the materials for which can 46 be secured at any lumber yard and any man or boy handy with tools can construct it it may be mounted on skids or rather heavy timbers so that it can be hauled from place to place ns as mhd chieks chicks need new forage space theand The end of the shed Is open or may have a hinged door |