| Show SANITARY BROODER HOUSE IMPORTANT clean well before chicks are placed in it by fl OL CL gauger professor tn in poultry do D Part apartment ment north carolina stat col cal lf the greatest chick losses occur during the brooding period which makes it necessary to clean the house bouse thoroughly before the chicks are placed in it it to go about having a sanitary brooder house the should first scrape all the old manure and dirt from the lower loner side walls and floor of 0 the house and clean the water containers mash hoppers and other equipment used in the house after tills this thorough mechanical cleansing has been done the lower side walla floor water containers feeding equipment brooder stove and canopy should be scrubbed with a lye solution made by dissolving one pound of lye in ten tell gallons of hot water A stiff bristle broom may be used to apply the solution this lye mixture will not only further cleanse the house but it also has germ killing power where the has a fire gun he may use this instead of the lye solution after the brooder house has been thorough thoroughly ehly cleaned it must be cleaned again at intervals during the brooding brood period if the house has a dirt floor remove the top few inches and replace it with clean dry soll soil sand or 01 gravel grave the use of wire frames on which to place the feeders and water containers Is also advised the house needs to be free from drafts and if it Is movable it Is well to take it to a new location after cleansing do not arond the chicks in ID the house about six square inches of floor space per chick Is 19 necessary fop fo good health |
