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 them save ave s 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 no have to bear heavy weights a two inch thickness of concrete Is sufficient except at the edyes 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 an ample outside outbid e run preferably not less than that required inside for the same number of chicks they may have permanent fences or movable wire covered frames to set sei upon the concrete movable frames will facilitate cleaning they may be lightly covered with sand and loam or litter though the essential thing Is that they be kept clean to prevent infection from droppings picked up by the chicks running upon them |