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Show Concrete Runs Outside Brooder House Are New Concrete runs outside of the brooder brood-er house are a comparatively new addition ad-dition to poultry farm equipment but are coming into use because of several sev-eral advantages. They enable one to use a brooder house without danger from contaminated soil Dear them, save the labor of moving portable buildings and make it possible to keep chicks near the dwelling or barns, says a writer in the Rural New Yorker. As they do not have to bear heavy weights, a two-inch thickness of concrete is sufficient, except at the edges, where double that thickness is needed to prevent breaking. They should be smooth for easy cleaning, have a slope for drainage, two or three inches, according to size, and need not be roofed. They, of course, may be of any desired size, so that they give aD ample outside run, preferably not less than that required re-quired inside for the same number of chicks. They may have permanent fences or movable wire covered frames to set upon the concrete. Movable Mov-able frames will facilitate cleaning. They may be lightly covered with sand, loam or litter, though the essential es-sential thing is that they be kept clean to prevent infection from droppings drop-pings picked up by the chicks running run-ning upon them. |