Poultry fancier . diarrhea, and in manycases die; and the few that do not die neveramount to much. If the beginner will stop and think that inan incubator the chicks have a temperature of103 degrees, and that when they are put ina cold box or cold brooder, there will likely bea difference—-a drop— of 30 to 60 degrees, itwill at once be clear why so many chicks a baby living in a temperature of 70 de-grees should be subjected to a change of weath-er—say a drop of 40 degrees, down to aboutfreezing, without a change of clothing, whatwould happen? Newly-hatched chicks are justas subject to
Poultry fancier . diarrhea, and in manycases die; and the few that do not die neveramount to much. If the beginner will stop and think that inan incubator the chicks have a temperature of103 degrees, and that when they are put ina cold box or cold brooder, there will likely bea difference—-a drop— of 30 to 60 degrees, itwill at once be clear why so many chicks a baby living in a temperature of 70 de-grees should be subjected to a change of weath-er—say a drop of 40 degrees, down to aboutfreezing, without a change of clothing, whatwould happen? Newly-hatched chicks are justas subject to cold—perhaps more so, and theirclothing cannot be changed daily to suit theweather. It is up to the poultry keeper togovern the temperature wherein they are placed. From the above it will be clear to the poul-try raiser that it is just as important to get abrooder, properly heated, as it is to get a goodincubator; and the chicks he has hatched standlittle chance of thriving if he does not realizethat A Hover that can be easily moved fromplace to place. It is for inside use, but canbe used outside in fair weather. Mr. Robert Essex has devoted as much timeand attention to brooders as to is why he makes the Essex-Model OutdoorBrooders with from three to five thicknessesin the roofs, and gives them perfect heatingand ventilating systems, so as to withstand thechanges in temperature; and it is just as im-portant to heat an Indoor Brooder. Thosewho use what is called a Fireless Brooder aretaking great chances; and in nine cases outof ten they lose out. The only use that a fire-less brooder can satisfactorily be put to is tosupplement a properly heated brooder. Chicksmust first of all go into a heated brooder, eitherindoor or outdoor; and then as they becomeused to the weather and hardened, thev may beput into a fireless brooder to help out, althoughwe do not advise it. It is better to use well-made, well-ventilated, well-heated brooders un-til the chick
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