The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-25

KANSAS EXPERIMENT STATION BRooDER
chicks are not norma! aud hence not
rs E.able as hen hatched chicks.
This ,oss Of wee chicks IS the most
discouragins part Of the poultry bust
ness. II this loss is much greater than
Is 0, 20 per cent there IS something
radically wrong somewhere. and the
mistake must be found and recti6ed or
failure is inevitable.
ceops For Chicks
The ccops provided for hens with
chicks should be one OF the most care
fully constructed features Of the poul-
tyman's equipment. First Of all. they
must be rat sish: and rain proof. but
not air tight. They must also be easily
cleaned. These points are best OBJ
tained by building platform and set
ting upon it q aoorless coop. The
shape Of the coop is not important. but
It should have an open front protected
by projecting hood, so the rain can
not beat in, and covered with wire Ect-
ting or in cool weather netting cloth.
The coop itself if built Of cheap lum-
Der must be covered with roofing pa-
per.
From twenty to forty chicks may be
placed with each hen, the number de-
pending upon the severity CT the
weather. The greatest source Of the
loss Of chicks with hens IS from the
hungry hen leading the little ones
around in the wet grass after rain or
heavy dew. The best way to over
come this loss IS to keep the hen shut
n. opening the coop sufficiently Tor the
chicks to come ont and exercise The
hen Il provided with corn and water
within reach need not be given her Hb-
ersy for several days after the chicks
are hatched and should be shut IN fos
several weeks when the grass IS wet.
Breeders for chicks have until with
in the last few years been heated with
kerosene lamps. Lately great fad
has arisen in pouluydom for freless
brooders. These fireless brooders are
simply boxes arranged for slow venn-
la;ion. The chicks are kept warm by
lowering under cloth arranged In
such 4 fashion as to represent The
feathered body Of the mother hen
Chicks can be raised in frcless brood
ers. and in warm climates the method
Is all right. In the colder seasons and
climates, however, freless brooders
have not been found practical by the
majority Of poultrymen-
Lamp Breeders 6est.
Lamp brooders holding from 50 to
100 chicks hare been successfully used
for many years and are considered the
best means yet devised for handling
young chicks on large scale. Steam
or hot water heated brooder houses
have never proved very successful.
and as they are expensive. to start
with, should advise the ponltryman
70 be very sure he knows what be IS
doing before investing money In
plant Of this kind
The prooder should be large, haTing
not less than nine square feet Of aoor
space. The greatest trouble with
arooders in operation IS the uncertain
y Of the lamp. The brooder lamp
should have sufficient Oil capacity and
q large wick. Brooder lamps are often
exposed to the wind, and II cheaply
constructed or poorly inclosed the re-
suit will be 4 chilled brood Of chicks
or perhaps fire.
In 4 lamp heatsl brooder one must
see that the heat IS provided In such
q way that the chicks in attempting to
get warm viii not crowd in corners
and trampie each other to death. The
best brooder heater or hover consists
OF tir drum. inside Of which circu-
lates the hot fumes from the lamp.
Beneath this drum the chicks hover,
The best form for the heating drum Is
4 disk With hole IN the center, some