Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . Fig. 173.—A fireless metal brooder sold on the raarket: a, Metal brooder;b, a wire netting around the brooder to keep enemies of the chicks out atnight; c, a rat. degrees a day is fast enough to cut down the heat. Afterthey are used to no heat except that which they generate they. Fig. 174.—The interior part of the metal hover, shown in Fig. 173. Thesefeathers are turkey feathers. can be transferred to the fireless brooders, and the heatedbrooders can again be used for the newly hatched chicks. BROODING 449 When the chicks are first placed in the firele
Poultry culture sanitation and hygiene . Fig. 173.—A fireless metal brooder sold on the raarket: a, Metal brooder;b, a wire netting around the brooder to keep enemies of the chicks out atnight; c, a rat. degrees a day is fast enough to cut down the heat. Afterthey are used to no heat except that which they generate they. Fig. 174.—The interior part of the metal hover, shown in Fig. 173. Thesefeathers are turkey feathers. can be transferred to the fireless brooders, and the heatedbrooders can again be used for the newly hatched chicks. BROODING 449 When the chicks are first placed in the fireless brooder itwill be necessary to watch them closely, as it will be foundnecessary to place them under the hover until they learn togo under it themselves.
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