The Philo system of progressive poultry keeping . excessive heating having hardened the yolk the chick must soon thrive for a time when subjected to a temperature abovethat supplied by the mother hen, still the bad effects are soon discov-ered and the chicken dwindles without any apparent cause. Naturealso rebels when the number of chickens in one flock is greatly in excessof those raised under natural conditions. 57 We have raised chickens successfully for many years without supply -ing heat, and in many instances where the temperature would dropbelow zero for a week at a time
The Philo system of progressive poultry keeping . excessive heating having hardened the yolk the chick must soon thrive for a time when subjected to a temperature abovethat supplied by the mother hen, still the bad effects are soon discov-ered and the chicken dwindles without any apparent cause. Naturealso rebels when the number of chickens in one flock is greatly in excessof those raised under natural conditions. 57 We have raised chickens successfully for many years without supply -ing heat, and in many instances where the temperature would dropbelow zero for a week at a time,and without loss or bad effect on anyof the chickens. Until the last few years our experiments have beentoo elaborate, and complicated to be practical. All that is reallyrequired is a very simple device by which the natural heat of the chick-en is retained. The plan we give in this book is very simple yet the proper conditionsmay be had for successful work, and without the dangers so commonand fatal with the average artificially heated brooder without artificial heat. CONSTRUCTION. Make a box of half inch or thicker lumber ten inches deep and 18inches square. Rip the box six inches from the bottom or fourinches from the top so there will be two boxes without covers that arehinged together so they will close as they were before ripping, nearthe top make six one inch holes in two ends for ventiliation. Make aframe of one half by one inch lumber so it will fit the inside of the comers being lapped and nailed. On the underside of thisfiametack cloth loosely so it -will hang in the center nearly two inches belowthe frame. Nail two cleats across the ends of the bottom box to holdthe frame in position. Cut an opening on the opposite side of the hinges in the bottomsection three and one-half by three and one-half inches square for thechicks to enter. When the chickens crowd away from the small open-ing in front of the hover on cool nights, a very little of the htter
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