. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. WATER VESSElvS. Water should be given to the chicks from the start. It is best at all times to supply it in fountains from which they can drink but cannot get in with their feet. If supplied in open vessels they will foul it and contract colds, bowel disease or cramps. A convenient water vessel for chicks may be made from an old fruit can and a flower-pot saucer, Figure i. Cut a notch or punch a hole in the side next to opened end, have the saucer just a little larger than the can, fill can with water, put on saucer and invert quickly. When chicks are olde
. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. WATER VESSElvS. Water should be given to the chicks from the start. It is best at all times to supply it in fountains from which they can drink but cannot get in with their feet. If supplied in open vessels they will foul it and contract colds, bowel disease or cramps. A convenient water vessel for chicks may be made from an old fruit can and a flower-pot saucer, Figure i. Cut a notch or punch a hole in the side next to opened end, have the saucer just a little larger than the can, fill can with water, put on saucer and invert quickly. When chicks are older, the stone or earthen fountain shown here, Figure 2, holding a half-gallon or more, can be substituted. A very convenient fountain is shown in Fig- 3. ure 3, as the handle enables it to be carried around like A tile fountain, preferred by some, is shown in Figure 4. A common wooden bucket, cut down as shown in the cut, makes a first-class water vessel, convenient to carry. It should have a board over the top, or be placed under a stool to keep the water cool and to prevent the chickens from soiling'. Fig. bucket. Fig. Fig. 4. Before feeding ground oats and ecru to little chicks sift out the oat hulls. It is all right to have coops wind-tight, but all wrong to have them air-tight. Chicks must have ventilation as well as warmth. If insufficient air lie admitted, the atmosphere of the coop be- comes not only foul, but damp. As soon as the brood is out of the coop in the morning, turn it up to the sun and air and spread dry earth over the floor. Whitewash the inside often. At midday turn down again. " Sweetness and light " applied to coops ! A strip of wire netting, one-inch mesh, two feet wide and about ten yards long, is "just splendid " for making a tempo- rary yard for a hen and her young brood. F;asy to put up, easy to move, and much better than the old style yard made of foot boards set en edge. To make small runs for little chicks, make the sides of wid
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