Show HICK FACTS oz brooder houses dont grow chicks no ao many poultry men try to start too I 1 many chicks for the size ot of their house and consequently lose many chicks at seven or eight weeks due to crowding and smothering A chick doubles its size in four weeks which means that day old oid chicks should have twice as much room as they need in order for f or them to have normal space as they grow A ten by twelve brooder house will aei aci I 1 to day old chicks chicks at four weeks develop enormous appetites which Is perfectly normal good chicks weighing 10 ounces at 4 weeks should weigh 20 ounces at 6 weeks where management conditions are of the best and where chicks have good feed and sufficient room and water they will double their weight between the fourth and sixth week purina St artena fortified with pura tene provides chicks with an abundance of vitamin A to make this jump startina St artena Is completely balanced and blended so sa that chicks get every ingredient they need in the exact amount they need to make rapid healthy growth A one gallon drinking fountain and I 1 two feet of hopper space should be provided for every 50 chicks contagious I 1 diseases and infection are spread through drinking water to guard against this chance of infection one quarter teaspoon of purina chlorena powder should be added to ea each ch gallon of drinking water drinking fountains and feeding hoppers should be washed I 1 daily in a disinfectant solution made of I 1 two teaspoons of chlorena powder in I 1 three gallons of water 1 chick weight standards show the average chick to weigh 11 or 12 ounces at six weeks actual records f from rom the purina experimental farm where here w thou i sands of chicks are raised each year i 1 show that chicks fed on a complete balanced starting feed forti fortified fled with additional dit ional vitamin A in the form of pura tene weigh 18 16 to 20 ounces at six weeks brooder pneumonia kills hundreds of chicks each spring this disease occurs most frequently among chicks ten days to three weeks old general listlessness arid and difficult breathing are symptoms the best treatment is to remove all moldy litter and wet moldy feed since those are the causes of pneumonia and disinfect the house thoroughly with a solution of purina Creso fec infected birds should be flushed with epsom salts one pound of salts to every pounds of chicks salts may be mixed with crumbly mash or given in drinking water best cure for the disease is prevention keep feed fresh and ho house US e band and equipment clean frequent bisin I 1 with Creso fec solutions keeps down infection |