. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . f being broken. Besides good, wholesome food andfresh, clean water, the hens in this house must beprovided with dust-box, grit, oyster shell and char-coal. Chickens when hatched may be taken fromsome of these hens and given to others, the hens be-ing reset if they are in good condition, with redcombs, bright eyes, and smooth, glossy straw should be burned in the nest occasionallyto make sure there are no mites, and the hens shouldbe thoroughly dusted with insect powder every RAISING LITTLE CHICKS. 317 week during incubation that t
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . f being broken. Besides good, wholesome food andfresh, clean water, the hens in this house must beprovided with dust-box, grit, oyster shell and char-coal. Chickens when hatched may be taken fromsome of these hens and given to others, the hens be-ing reset if they are in good condition, with redcombs, bright eyes, and smooth, glossy straw should be burned in the nest occasionallyto make sure there are no mites, and the hens shouldbe thoroughly dusted with insect powder every RAISING LITTLE CHICKS. 317 week during incubation that the httle chicks mayleave the nest free of lice. Shelter for Chicks.—Whether hatches are earlyor late, provision must be made for dry quar-ters for young chicks, though the risk is not sogreat with later hatches, because the weather is warmerand they will not need to be confined so long. Damp-ness, too hot or too cold brooders, and lack of freshair and sunshine are among the chief causes of mor-tality among these fluffy little creatures. If incu-. Kramework of Colony Brooder House, built by students at CornellUniversity, Itliaca, N. Y. bators and brooders are used, brooder houses mustbe provided. If hens are to brood the young, theymust have large, dry, clean coops where they can beshut in and the little fellows made contented onthose long, rainy days that invariably come in thespring. If the small, old-fashioned coops are used,they may be put in some barn or under some dry sheduntil the weather is settled or until the chickens are 3l8 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. old enough to go to the hen-house to roost. Withmost breeds it is entirely practical to have coops orhouses built large enough to accommodate severalhens with broods of from fifteen to twenty chickseach. If all are taken ofif the nests about the sametime and are kept together from the first, the henswill usually live together very amicably. This doesaway with the inconvenience and annoyance aris-ing from trying to drive
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