. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. 52 BIGGIvB POUI^TRY solid black plumage. To secure both light pin- feathers and the yellow skin so much prized in some markets, a White Iveghorn-Buff Cochin cross will fill the bill. A White Plymouth Rock-Buff Cochin cross is also to be commended both for broilers and larger roasting chickens. The hatching of broiler chicks on a large scale must be done with incubators, since but few hens are broody in fall and early winter. The brooding must also be done in artificial mothers, and for the most part, under cover of a good roof. An individual brooder hous
. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. 52 BIGGIvB POUI^TRY solid black plumage. To secure both light pin- feathers and the yellow skin so much prized in some markets, a White Iveghorn-Buff Cochin cross will fill the bill. A White Plymouth Rock-Buff Cochin cross is also to be commended both for broilers and larger roasting chickens. The hatching of broiler chicks on a large scale must be done with incubators, since but few hens are broody in fall and early winter. The brooding must also be done in artificial mothers, and for the most part, under cover of a good roof. An individual brooder house in common use among broiler raisers is shown here. It is five feet four inches by eight feet cii the ground. The roof in front is divided into two parts, three feet are covered by wire netting and over this cotton cloth which may be rolled up when weather permits; the other part is the door for the attendant. The rear wall is three feet six inches and the front one foot nine inches. A yard four by six- teen feet extends from one side. A section of a good type of a long house is shown in perspective at Figure i. It is eighteen feet wide, divided into pens three feet wide, each containing a brooder designed to hover fifty chicks. By reference to Figure 2 it will be seen that the glass run is shut off from the house by a solid, hanging door that swings inward against the front wall. This is opened in the. 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 Biggle, Jacob. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, Wilmer Atkinson co.
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