. Poultry production. Poultry. ARTIFICIAL BROODING 231 Those hens which are best for setting will usually be found to make the best mothers. The coop may be of almost any size and shape. The " A" shaped coops with a small protected run shown in Fig. Ill will be found convenient, serviceable, and inexpensive. Capons are frequently used as mothers, but are more of a curiosity than a success. In inducing them to take the chicks, confine them in a roomy nest box with a low roof and place the chicks under them at dusk. If on examination in the morning it is found that the capon has not ac
. Poultry production. Poultry. ARTIFICIAL BROODING 231 Those hens which are best for setting will usually be found to make the best mothers. The coop may be of almost any size and shape. The " A" shaped coops with a small protected run shown in Fig. Ill will be found convenient, serviceable, and inexpensive. Capons are frequently used as mothers, but are more of a curiosity than a success. In inducing them to take the chicks, confine them in a roomy nest box with a low roof and place the chicks under them at dusk. If on examination in the morning it is found that the capon has not accepted the chicksj they should be taken away and kept warm throughout the day and placed under Fig. 112. Capon brooding chicks. (Courtesy of George Beuoy.) the capon again at dusk, he having been confined to the nest throughout the day. He will frequently accept the chicks the first night and rarely refuses them on the second. Some breeders who use capons extensively for brooding, wait until the chicks are two weeks old before trusting them to the capons. Natural versus Artificial Brooding.—Artificial brooding is a more or less necessary accompaniment of the use of incu- bators. Its advantages and disadvantages are quite com- parable with those of artificial incubation. The natural method is the proper one where only a few chicks are raised. With any numbers, however, the use of brooders is to be. 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 Lippincott, William Adams, 1882-1931. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger
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