Third annual catalogue of the Cyphers Incubator Co . is well to open up when about two-thirds over,and remove as quickly as possible those of thedryest that can be reached handily without takingout the trays. Confining 200 to 300 chicks in asmall space for a long time does them no good, strong and active. It is the active chicks thatmake a live of it. In selecting a brooder, we prefer one that canbe kept warm without a hover. A small closedhover is apt to steam the chickens up, and theycrowd under it too much. The brooder tempera-ture should be kept at 900 for the first twenty-four hou
Third annual catalogue of the Cyphers Incubator Co . is well to open up when about two-thirds over,and remove as quickly as possible those of thedryest that can be reached handily without takingout the trays. Confining 200 to 300 chicks in asmall space for a long time does them no good, strong and active. It is the active chicks thatmake a live of it. In selecting a brooder, we prefer one that canbe kept warm without a hover. A small closedhover is apt to steam the chickens up, and theycrowd under it too much. The brooder tempera-ture should be kept at 900 for the first twenty-four hours, and then reduced i° a day, regularlyfor three weeks. If this is done the chicks willnot feather so rapidly, and will be much strongerand make a better live of it than if kept at a hightemperature. We prefer to use indoor individual broodersfor the first three weeks, placing them in an endof a long brooder hou?e, the temperature ofwhich we keep at 700. After the chicks are three 52 THE CYPHERS INCUBATOR COMPANY weeks old they are taken from the small b
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