. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. '. Fig. 189.—Rectangular brood coop and run. (Courtesy Kansas Experiment Station) Fig. 190.—V-shaped brood coop and run. If the sitters are well fed immediately before hatching time, they are not so likely to leave the nests in search of food, there- fore the brood is not chilled before the chicks have had a chance to dry off. Confine the hens for a few days after the hatches come off, or they will take their broo
. Commercial poultry raising; a thoroughly practical and complete reference work for the amateur, fancier or general farmer, especially adapted to the commercial poultryman. Poultry. '. Fig. 189.—Rectangular brood coop and run. (Courtesy Kansas Experiment Station) Fig. 190.—V-shaped brood coop and run. If the sitters are well fed immediately before hatching time, they are not so likely to leave the nests in search of food, there- fore the brood is not chilled before the chicks have had a chance to dry off. Confine the hens for a few days after the hatches come off, or they will take their broods too far afield and tire them. It is well to provide separate coops for the broods, and wherever possible place the coops on a grassy range, preferably where there is some shade. For the first two weeks confine the hens to the coops in the early morning, or until the grass has had time to dry off; otherwise the hens will stalk their young through the dew-laden undergrowth and get them soaking Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885-. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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