. Practical poultry production . Poultry. NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL BROODING 101 exception of a small door through which the chicks pass from one room to the other. The small brooder of 50-chick capacity is gradually being replaced by larger brooder stoves of from 250 to 500- chick capacity. Hovers are used either in continuous brooder houses or small colony houses. Outdoor brooders are used with satisfactory results under most weather conditions. Often the capacity of brooders and hovers is overestimated and experience has shown that from half to two thirds of the chicks esti- mated for the broo
. Practical poultry production . Poultry. NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL BROODING 101 exception of a small door through which the chicks pass from one room to the other. The small brooder of 50-chick capacity is gradually being replaced by larger brooder stoves of from 250 to 500- chick capacity. Hovers are used either in continuous brooder houses or small colony houses. Outdoor brooders are used with satisfactory results under most weather conditions. Often the capacity of brooders and hovers is overestimated and experience has shown that from half to two thirds of the chicks esti- mated for the brooder or hover will usually do much better. Until one has had consid- erable experience, it is best not to brood over 250 chicks in one flock. When a lamp is used as the source of heat for the brooder, care should be taken to keep the wick and burner perfectly clean or else trouble will result. A new wick for the brooder lamp after each second lot of chicks are brooded is a good investment. Brooder lamps and stoves should be in- spected several times a day to see if they are in working order. The brooder lamp should not be filled too full of oil, as the heat of the lamp when lighted will expand the oil in the bowl and may cause it to overflow and catch fire. Brooder stoves. Brooder stoves and separate individual hovers heated by coal, distillate oil and kerosene are coming. Figure 103.—A coal-heated colony stove brooder house, 12x14 feet with a capacity of 500 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 Lamon, Harry M; Kinghorne, J. W. (Joseph William). St. Paul, Minn. : Press of Webb Publishing Co.
Size: 1717px × 1454px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectpoultry, bookyear1920
