Show FOLLOW EIGHT CS T TO 0 BETTER CHICKS north carol carolina ina gives dives good advice by 3 1 a 0 P F parrish extension poultry an N north b carolina C Col ollege leBe service IOB the eight Cs for for better chicks may be grouped as clean eggs clean incubators clean chicks clean brooder houses clean range clean litter clean feed and clean management right now poultry men are entering their busiest season and are looking for the best methods to use in growing healthy hardy chicks which will pay a profit we do not know the best way to grow healthy chicks but we do know a program to follow which will almost invariably make for success in the industry no one enn can produce healthy chicks without clean eggs produced by hens that have been blood tested and found tree free of bacillary white diarrhea these eggs must be placed in incubators that have been thoroughly cleaned and dried before the eggs have ever been put into them then every should be careful about the chicks which he brings to hla his place from some other breeder or practical poultry inan only strong clean chicks from rom disease free stock should be purchased the ile next step Is to have clean brooder houses and place these on OD ground where chicks have not been reared before good range Is also important por tant it Is wise to grow out the chicks on range where no poultry droppings have been spread ino and where some green crop has been planted clean litter on the floor Is needed straw shavings or peat mosa mos Is good for chicks sawdust Is poor the dole system does not work in feeding chicks give them all they will eat in such containers as the chicks cannot foul or waste the feed |