The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-14
The brooder house II Is feet long

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three windows on the north, six on
the south and door and two win
dOws OH east and west ends with a
passage way three feet wide. The
north roof is seven feet deep and the
south fifteen feet. running down to
within twelve inches of the ground.
thus giving an angle of AZ degrees
to the south front. The six windows
on the south front contain nine panes
of glass each and are set into the
roof. This makes the brOOder house
a veritable hot-hOuse. it being used
only for winter Matched chicks. In
summer. with the thermometer at SS
degree i'm my dwelling house. I
have seen it los degrees in the
brOOder house. Any one desiring to
hatch and raise chicks in the sum-
mer need only build the north side
the same as the south side and he
would have q cool. shady run on that
| side
The brOOderS are made of tongue
and groove stuff 32x32-inch. 16-inch
deep. with hinged top and a 1O-inch
hole cut in the middle of bottom.
In this hole is wedged 1O-inch jug
sitting down in that hole 1 10 inch.
Under this Jug about 1 inch from its
| bottom. is placed a n-capsiZable
tin lamp.
The jug is filled nearly full with
water. the lamp is lighted. and when
the temperature around the jug reg
listers 90 degrees the fame is turned
down and the heat in the brooder re-
mains the same No Odor of kero
sene can get in the brooder. There is
an opening to this brooder in front
about four inches high covered with
a scalloped cloth in order to retain the
heat but give ventilation.
In this broOder is placed a hover
1SX1S inches on four legs, 13 inches
high and around this hover is tackled
also a scalloped cloth reaching nearly
to the floor In front of brOOder are
the pens. six i'm number, four feet wide
by 10 feet long. and an opening at
the end for chicks to run out in
yards. four feet wide by 20 feet long.
The broOder is made ready for the
chicks with a layer of clean. white. |
dry. sand. then a layer of clean pine |
straw. and around the jug (for young |
chicks layer of wheat bran to pre- |
vent chicks from sOiling the straw |
as this brOOder is not cleaned for two |
days. since it is not advisable to run |
the little ones out of the brOOder too |
sOOn For the first two days, or until
the chicks get accustomed to running /
in and out of brOOder, a guard four
inches is placed in front to prevent
their wandering too far.
Their first meal is rolled oats. 4
Goat meaD and pure wheat bran
both placed in shallow trays so they
can get at it. From the start and
always grit, crushed shell, bone meal,
and charcoal are kept before them.
A top of a cheese box is always
there full of pure wheat bran which
is sure preventive of any bowel |,
trouble. After three days grits and
: chick food is given them
and after that milk. clabber, or any In
table scraps like rice is given them
[ do not feed cracked corn until they i
are three weeks old. Drinking water 7
is given them at the start put i'm six ID
inch shallow saucers with a four inch Ii
flower pot inverted. placed in the 6
saucer and two cigar box covers q
tacked together at right angles with Ii
1 hole bored in the middle and ten @
penny nail placed in the hole to keep g
he cover on the pot. By so doing In
hicks can not get in the water and a