Show fall chicks thrive fall hatched chicks and pullets otten often thrive better and are more hardy ady than spring hatches probably for two reasons fall all chicks are from the best hens ot of the breeding flock and brooding conditions are favorable because of the approaching cool fall t weather furthermore there Is no more favorable time of the year for t brooding chicks and growing pullets in confinement chicks to be brooded blooded in confinement require about twice as much floor space as when ranged t |