| Show concrete runs outside brooder house are new concrete runs outside of the brooder house are a comparatively new addition to poultry farm equipment but are coming into use because of several advantages they enable one to use a brooder house without danger from contaminated soil near thero them save the labor of moving portable buildings and make it possible to keep chicks near dear the dwelling or barns says a writer in tile the rural new yorker As they do not have to bear heavy weights ft 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 tor for drainage two or three indies inches according to size and need not be roofed they of course may be of any desired size so that they give an ample outside run preferably not less than that required inside for the 06 same number of chicks they may have perian nent fences or movable wire lre covered frames to set upon the concrete movable frames will facilitate cleaning they may be lightly covered with sand loam or litter though tile the essential tiling thing Is that they he be kept clean to prevent infection from droppings picked up by the chicks running upon them |
