. The chick book. Poultry. A HOUSE FOR SITTING HLNS. A Southern Poultryman Hatches With Hens and Incubators, but Prefers Hens for Brooding the Chicks- How the Hatchery Is Equipped. By F. E. Wlage. EWILL give my way of hatching and plans of the kind of hatching houses I use. On account of oil being so ex- pensive in this locality, and for several other reasons, I consider a kind of half artificial half natural mode of conducting the hatching is the best way. Of course my "better half" gives me a hand and I don't see how I could manage without it, because hired help down here is, to sa
. The chick book. Poultry. A HOUSE FOR SITTING HLNS. A Southern Poultryman Hatches With Hens and Incubators, but Prefers Hens for Brooding the Chicks- How the Hatchery Is Equipped. By F. E. Wlage. EWILL give my way of hatching and plans of the kind of hatching houses I use. On account of oil being so ex- pensive in this locality, and for several other reasons, I consider a kind of half artificial half natural mode of conducting the hatching is the best way. Of course my "better half" gives me a hand and I don't see how I could manage without it, because hired help down here is, to say the least, very unreliable. We have prepared for fertile eggs and vigorous chicks by selecting our best birds, keeping them in good condition, but i;ot in any way forcing them for the sake of winter D° J D" D" U" U^ «iS_ 1 £ °n °n "D 'D "D 2i«_ a NO 2 StCTlOM cy HEAT BO/ES. '^- ^ "—-^ 8 ^ SECTlOtH PLAN, MO I HO 3 Plan of House and Equipment for tite Use of Sluing Mens Described by F. E. WInge eggs, and by keeping two males for each pen, placed therein on alternate days. I aim to set six hens and to start a fifty egg incubator at the same time, and as soon as the chicks are dry I divide them among the hens, so each hen gets from twelve to six- teen chicks to care for, depending on the season of year. If there are too many chicks, some of the hens waiting for eggs are made to brood them. We hatch during February, March and April, and in the fall during September and October. Hatching houses are 20x20 feet. The sills are two feet from the ground. The houses could be made any length, but we use them for curing cow-pea hay in and this size has been found most convenient. They are made entirely of 2x4 scantling and 1x12 inch rough boards. Boards on walls are left one-halt inch apart and of course not battened so as to admit air for the curing of the hay. Plan 1 shows the floor plan with ten pens. I place three sitters in each pen, t
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