Evening star., 1918-01-27

brooding is the selection Of the type
OF brooder best suited to ones needs.
This 10 dependent upon the number Of
chicks it is desired to raise. and tho
available buildings. For the person
desiring to raise a few small nocks.
aggregatfne perhaps q hundred or two
in q year. the ready-built outdoor
brooders with capacities of from 80
to 100 chicks are about the best. These
brooders usually consist Of small
coop Of two compartments and . lamp
heated hover-one compartment Tor the
hover and the other cold exercise
room, each Of the compartments being
about three feet square. This type OF
brooder is known as the outdoor col
ony brooder, and is one Of the best
types for the inexperienced beginner.
For the adaptable hover 1t Is neces-
sary to have a small colony coop. pref
erably not smaller than by feet'
or a house that can be divided into
pens Of not less than 8 by 9 feet IN
size. Where the type Of hover neces-
states an outside lamp box q NOE
must be cut in the wall to admie tne
heat pipes, or. in the case OF lons
house. with number OF such novsrs a o. .
there must be provided a sunken pas
sage, since the lamp box Is set from
four to six inches lower than the moor
Of the hoyers The lamp boxes may
be placed outside of the house, even IN
the long house containing a numoer OF
hovers. =.
The merits of different types OF
hoyers are a matter Of individual taste
Some breeders prefer the type having
an outside lamp box. because the lamps
are attended without disturbing tne
chicks, and because any oil fumes are
kent out Of the house Others like the
entirely portable type, with the lamp
made a part of the hover. because 1t
can be placed anywhere IN mouse
without the need of cutting holes Tor q
lamp box, also because It can oe easily
moved for cleaning the floor under the
hover. There is one disadvantage. how
ever, to the portable hover. and that is
the chimney from tho lamp. Whicn
throws the fumes into the house. This
is likely to bring about unhealthful
necessary to pipe the fumes out Of the
house, the same as is done In tho box
lamp type.
Where a largo number Of individual
are required 1t is far more eco-
nomical to install ono Of the continu-
GUS systems of hovers. heated by hot
water. These can be obtained in units
of from ten hovers up. OF course. In
order to use one hover OF such a system
it is necessary to operate the entire
system. but each individual hover may
be regulated to develop different tenn
perature. so that chicks OF different
ages may be brooded in the same plant.
The greatest advantage of the hot
water system is the fact that ono fire
does for a dozen or more hovers, thus
reducing both labor and fuel
Heatless brooders have been used
with success, but they require an exces-
sive amount of labor, owing to the ne
cessity Of almost constant attention to
see that ventilation adjustments are
kept right for the varying outside tenn
perature conditions. Heatless brooders
will require attention at least once In
two hours II sweating and chilling OF
the chicks Is to be avoided, while a
good lamp brooder, properly regulated
can usually be attended in a few trips a
day to adjust windows for outside VEN
tilation.
For those desiring to brood large
numbers of chicks the colony brooder
stoves are probably the best. These
stoves can be obtained in two general
of from 300 to 500 chicks, while the
larger ones are capable of lowering
from 1000 to 1900 in one flock.
There are two types, oil burning and
coal burning, and both give excellent
results. The coal-burning types may
be had in small and large sizes. but the
majority of the oil-burning type are
made only in the large size. The great
er part of the coal-burning colony
brooders are simply the old idea of a
hover on a larger scale, but some OF
the newer types are built on somewhat
the same plan as the oil-burning stoves
DETECTING the heat to the floor without
a hover, making a warm circle Of heat
instead of a warm hover. "a
The question Of which is best is for
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the DETECTING type is superior because
the chicks can sleep at whatever dis
tance from the stove they find the heat
to their liking. Others prefer the hover
type, claiming that the chicks rest
more quietly under it, and that there is
ever, when it comes to actual results
both types are used in large numbers
with equally good results.
The small stoves should have a room
about ten feet square. while the larger
ones require two rooms fifteen fee,
square, one for the stove and one as a
cold exercise room.
Heretofore. the brooding of large
flocks necesitated long broodel
house. either heated by individual
lamps or by hot water system. Te
brood thousand chicks In this man
ner would require twenty hovers. hold
ing fifty chicks each, which would
mean twenty small hovers and as many
exercise pans to clean. twenty water
founts. twenty feed boxes and, il a
Der of lamps to be filled and cleaned
1t would also require the performance
Of all feeding operations like number
of times.
One large brooder stove will care 70,
all these chicks in one flock with less
than half the labor. Three or four feed