Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-26
Bro0ding Chicks ArfiticiaVy
Through The Danger Period

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1t is too warm there. They prefer to
sleep two or three feet from the stove.
How To Make u l'rodcr.
\ simple hroOdcr can be made from
a packing box 3 feet square and high,
common lantern, "A 30-inch length Of
furnace pipe 10 inches diameter, u
piece Of tin or galvanized iron Il
inches square. three bricks and pane
of - by l6-inch glass. Nail mp half
the top of the box, make the other
half into door is inches 10y feet
cut an opening 10 by II inches In tho
center of the door and cover 1t with
the glass. If possible, arrange the
glass to slide IN grooves so that II can
he opened for ventilation. Hinge the
door to one side of the box. The door
Coriginally the top of the box is tho
front of the broodor.
Turn the box so that the front faces
YOU. cut an opening - inches square
in the top Of the broodcr. stand the
three bricks edPewise on the floor ana
on them place the length of furnace
pipe. Insert the lantern through the
top of the broodor inside the furnace
pipe, allowing 1t to hang down half
way. Bend a heavy wire into a r
shaped hook to support the lantern
handle from top of hroodor With Il
chisel cut a 4-inch hole at the center
of the piece of galvanized iron to allow
the fumes of the lantern to escape
and place this sheet over the Finch
/ hole above the lantern. Take off u
board G inches wide from either end
at the floor for the chicks to enter
and leave the broodor. Cover this in
side with Il strip of blanket or old
clothes. and cut 3-inch Sits every 4
inches through which the chicks can
pass. The curtain is To confine the
heat in cool room.
Cover the floor of the broodcr with
2 inches of clover chaff or short straw.
Fill the lantern and light IT, A mod
crate flame is all that is required to
warm the brooder to 80 degrees on the
floor. This brooder is intended to be
operated in small pen or run. the
floor Of which, is covered with inches
Of short straw. The chicks can leave
the brooder If they become too warm.
II they are cold they Will peep and
crowd around the lantern. Increase
or decrease the heat until the chicks
rest near the opening of the brooder
and are contented.
Feeding the Chicks.
Remove the baby cnicks to the
heated brooder in the morning. Cover
the inside OF a basket with "A blanket
to prevent their being chilled Place
them in the warmest portion of the
brooder or near the stove, and for>the
first and second days when the stove
brooder is employed use IA board ~
inches wide to keep them near the
heat.
Boil some eggs hard cut in small
particles (discarding the shells) and
volume, of hard boiled eggs, rolled
oats and dry bread crumbs. Scatter
a little of this egg food on a board
and tap the board with the finger nail
to attract attention. The chicks will
soon commence eating. Feed this mix
ture sparingly six times the first day,
removing the board, and replacing the
chicks in the brooder or near the stove
when each meal is over.
The second day fill a small box or
trough with equal measures of dry
wheat bran and rolled oats Crumble
the oats in the hand to break the
large flakes. Keep this dry mash con-
stantly before the chicks until they
are weaned Feed the egg mixture
three times daily the first week. The
third day commence feeding three
times daily mixture of equal meas
ures of cracked wheat, screened
cracked corn crumpled rolled oats,
millet seed, rice and one half measure
each of chick-si2e charcoal and chick
size grit or sifted creek sand. A COM
mercial chick food can be substituted
for the above mixture. 1t is scattered
in the litter Of the pen to make the
chicks kick and exercise.
Supply fresh water, buttermilk or
sour skim milk from the start. But
termilk and sour skim milk cannot be
surpassed as chick foods. The acid
in the sour milk product not only aids
digestion and Increases the appetite,
but 1t is preventative and corrective
of diarrhoea.
From first week to weaving time
the chicks receive the bran-oats dry
mash constantly, and three times daily
feed of scratching grain in tho litter.
Twice week cut some cooked meat
in small pieces and feed the chicks
literally. An excellent wet mash is
made of equal weights of sifted
ground oats, cornmeal and wheat mid
dlings mixed to crumbly consistency
with buttermilk. Feed this mash at
noon daily. Chicks that run on a
good range cannot be overfed the
proper foods, but bear in mind that
chicks will not grow on cracked grain
or cornmeal alone