. Geyelin's poultry breeding, in a commercial point of view, as carried out by the National poultry company (limited), Bromley, Kent. Natural and artificial hatching, rearing and fattening, on entirely new and scientific principles, with all the necessary plans, elevations, sections, and details, and a notice of the poultry establishments in France. Poultry. 44 POULTRY BREEDING IN The floor of this room should be of concrete, the sides of movable glazed frames, and the roof of boards covered with asphalted felt, slates, or zinc. The interior ought to be fitted along the sides with movable shel
. Geyelin's poultry breeding, in a commercial point of view, as carried out by the National poultry company (limited), Bromley, Kent. Natural and artificial hatching, rearing and fattening, on entirely new and scientific principles, with all the necessary plans, elevations, sections, and details, and a notice of the poultry establishments in France. Poultry. 44 POULTRY BREEDING IN The floor of this room should be of concrete, the sides of movable glazed frames, and the roof of boards covered with asphalted felt, slates, or zinc. The interior ought to be fitted along the sides with movable shelves, which can be drawn out for cleaning; these shelves will be divided into separate compartments three feet long, two feet wide, and one foot high; the sides should be made of galvanized iron wire; so also the front, which forms a door. In each compartment ought to be a frame lined underneath with long fleece, the same as in the portable artificial mothers. In these compartments the chickens are placed from their birth up to a week or ten days old, after which they are put under the care of an artificial movable hen, in small establishments, or in the rearing home in large establishments. (See fig. 17.) These compartments ought to be covered with felt carpet, which must, however, be kept well cleaned, and occasion- ally dipped in boiling water. ,. rig. 14. The best way to supply food and water to so young chickens is by means of two saucers, one within the other, between which the food or water is put. This will pre- . vent their wetting themselves or scratching the food about. (See fig. II.) This hatching-room will require no heating apparatus, as the heat from the hatching apparatus, which is kept in. 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 Geyelin, George Kennedy. Boston, A. Williams & co.
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