Show AVOID overcrowding CHICKS one of causes cause of range losses during summer months fresh air Is I 1 needed during the liot hot sti amer months the greater part of the trouble experienced on poultry plants Is IE found on the ranges where the growing stock Is kept according to the poultry department part ment of the lie new jersey agricultural experiment station one oil of the loading leading causes of range losses during the summer is IR the lie overcrowding of the birds there should be n sufficient number of colony houses to accommodate the birds the colony houses are used by the young birds at night and if they are forced to crowd together serious results will occur chicks need a 21 large amount of fresh air in order to keep keen growing constant constantly I 1 y if crowded at night they are forced to breathe the same air time after time a condition which results in stunted growth and invites dispose disease colony houses with from 50 to 75 birds in each provide much better conditions than in cases where hundreds of birds are arc kept in a single house if several emaciated stunted stun teil birds are found on the ranges look first to the colony houses at night they are probably overcrowded |