El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-19
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POULTRY DEPARTMENT.
BY an Ell Pasoan FOR FL Pasoans.
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Little chicks now are the order OF
the day. some with hens and some
with breeders, and everyone permitted
to die is money lost Not often, OF
course. is 100 percent of large hatches
raised, and yet it should be constant
effort to reduce the losses TO mini
mum.
One little act Of carelessness or neg
lect may cost you half the hatch.
eternal watchfulness is the price OF
success in the raising of little chicks.
When removed from the incubator 20
the brooder the latter should be stand
ing at a temperature well up IN the
eos. for to chill the little fellows at
this stage OF the proceedings Is 10
weaken them and their chances OF sur
vtval are materially lessened- Tnen'
again, when they are placed IN the
hrooder il must be carefully watched
lest from the combined heat OF their
bodies and the lamp the temperature
run too high and they become over
heated.
Anything over 100 degrees is too
much. Ninety-six to 96 degrees IS
about right to start with. This tenn
perature should be gradually reduced
as the chicks grow older To nave
them overheated is as bad as 10 nave
them chnKd. A brooder in sunny
location even Wncn Acnl4AdlC0
sometimes become an oven on Won
derfulIv short notice, and cost you
the entire hatch, for little chicks bad
IL overheated a few times drop OH
few every day exactly like those SUI
fering from chill
1t is a common error with inexperi-
enced breeders to place too great a
number in their brooders. Profession
ais. who are with them night and day.
can keep hundreds together success
fully. but smaller breeders with less
time and experience to give the brood
er should let so be the limit A larger
number is hard to keep from crowding
and smotherfng.
All manufacturers of breoders fur
nish a thermometer with each one,
out with those shipped TO Ell Paso
there should also be an alarm clock
The early part of our nights are warm
and a brooder needs but little artifi-
ciaI heat, but after u o'clock the tenn
perature Of every night falls rapidly
and the lamp Of the brooder should be
turned up little It should be turned
up a little at - and again at about
2 o'clock That is where the alarm
clock comes in This will seem to
the amateur probably little too
much work and trouble, but it is very
necessary, for, no matter what your
heat regulator may be. the difference
IN the temperature of the forepart and
latter part OF all Of our nights is so
great that II is impossible to main
tain a uniform temperature in the
brooder without changing the blaze
OF the lamp at least twice during the
night Up 20 II o'clock IN summer
chicks two or three weeks old need
but little artificial heat After that
hour those six or eight weeks old
should have il. and in the early morn
ing. even in summer. it is a common
thing to see fryers all huddled up. evil
IDENTIFY suffering from the chill OF the
atmosphere. OF course. month old
chick is not going to freeze to death
in summer. but If you will give him
and his older brothers a little arti-
fetal heat the latter part Of each
night the increase in rapidity of
growth will abundantly repay you.
It is now getting pretty late to set