Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . FiG. 149.—A portable colony house for the youngsters. fectant; again dust the hen with insect powder and let herbrood her chicks in the box. If the sitting hen is quiet during hatching leave the chicksunder her, as artificial heat is not likely to perfectly take theplace of the heat from the body of the mother. As soon as hatching is over and the brood and hen areremoved to comfortable quarters the hen should be properly fedand watered, since she has in all probability eaten very littleduring the last two or three days. This feed may consist ofwet bran
Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . FiG. 149.—A portable colony house for the youngsters. fectant; again dust the hen with insect powder and let herbrood her chicks in the box. If the sitting hen is quiet during hatching leave the chicksunder her, as artificial heat is not likely to perfectly take theplace of the heat from the body of the mother. As soon as hatching is over and the brood and hen areremoved to comfortable quarters the hen should be properly fedand watered, since she has in all probability eaten very littleduring the last two or three days. This feed may consist ofwet bran mash, or corn, oats, and wheat. The little chicksmay be fed later since they should not be fed till they are threedays old. INCUBATION 415 The hen should be confined in the enclosure until the chicksare ready to be Fig. 150.—A cheap and convenient boys and girls poultry club houseand run for sitting and brooding: A, The house; B, the wire-netting run;C, the door to the coop; D, the ventilating holes. From this enclosure the chicks can go a short distance andcatch bugs and other insects, which furnishes them with much
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