Show chicks should be out of doors in sunlight if practical chicks should be out in of doors in direct sunlight by tile time they ore ten days to two weeks old the direct sunlight prevents ness nes ss or rickets also it 1 ts s ensler t to 0 train the chicks to ind find their way back to the brooder house from the alie range during the first one or two weeks when chicks are to ile he con tined the windows should he opened on nice days so as to allow the direct sunlight to re reach ich them A roll of tine fine mesh wire may he used to fence in a small area outside the doyr of the brooder house this area may he be enlarged as the chicki become older and can find their wo way y back to the building at tile the end of three weeks the chicks may be a allowed access to the whole range it Is usually necessary to provide a sloping runway in front of tile exit door so that the chicks can easily lea leave velor or enter the house sod or dirt piled jn in front of the chick door Is very satisfactory |