Show teach chicks to go to roost and save trouble after chicks reach four weeks of age they can be taught to roost and the will have less trouble teaching them than he will if he waits until they are three to five months old according to experience peri ence at north dakota agricultural college all brooder houses at the college poultry farm are equipped with roosts boosts and it has been found that with little or no bother the chicks early form the ro habit the roosts boosts are built of lightweight material in a framework and are hinged midway on one wall of the four sided brooder house so they may be raised when not in use or for cleaning wire of medium mesh is attached to and underneath the roosts boosts to keep chicks away from the droppings the rows of roosts boosts lowered in place when chicks are about four weeks old incline from the floor back to the wall thus being easily available and inviting to the chicks |