Poultry fancier . es 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 chicks are old enough to go into colonyhouses; and those who use fireless brooderseven after starting the chicks in a well-heatedbrooder must use great
Poultry fancier . es 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 chicks are old enough to go into colonyhouses; and those who use fireless brooderseven after starting the chicks in a well-heatedbrooder must use great care or they will losea large proportion of them. An extra brooderor two is frequently a money-saver. Outdoor Brooders may be used indoors, al-though Indoor Brooders made specially for thepurpose possess a more appropriate ventilatingsystem. Some brooders can be used both in-doors and outdoors, and for that purpose theyhave a separate ventilating roof, such as theEssex-Model Combination Indoor and A Combination Indoor and Outdoor Broodershowing second inside root for ventilating pur-poses when used in a buiding. Quite frequently Hovers are used indoorsinstead of brooders. They are heated of are suitable for use in colony houses; onbarn floors, etc., etc. The Essex-Model Chick-Comfort Hover is a good example of an In-door Hover properly heated for the health andcomfort of the chicks. These Hovers are com-paratively cheap, and it seems absurd for any-body to put newly-hatched chicks into a firelessbrooder or home-made box when scientificallyconstructed Hovers can be obtained at compar-atively low prices. What is a few dollars com-pared with the loss of a considerable numberof chicks that cost money to hatch ? Havinghatched your chicks, dont lose out by poorbrooding. Readers who want to know more aboutraising chickens successfully should get the1912 catalogue of the Robert Essex IncubatorCompany, Buffalo, N. Y., and read the five in-teresting chapters
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