Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-05

covered with cloth, and do not crowd
them unnecessarily. From nifty to 100
chicks. according to the size OF the
carrier. are safe. The little fellows
are easier to handle in the dark: and
when placed in their new quarters they
are not SO likely 10 WANDER away from
the warmth OF the broodcr and become
chiiIed BY morning they are partly
accustomed to the source OF heat, and
should return to ii when tired or cold.
Hover breaking, a term applied TO
training the brood to seek the hover
or broodcr stove for warmth and COM
Tort, is The paramount issue in the
artificial hrooding OF chicks They
must lie taught to seek tho hover or
base or the stove. which corresponds
to the hover. for warmth. Until the
attendant is absolutely assured that
this instinct is firmly established, he
must adopt special means of combining
tho chicks within, or very close - tho
stove. Wire netting Is useful for this
purpose.
with proper training. two or three
Gays is usually sufficient to break n
| brood. The attendant must be as pa
ticnt - possible, for the success OF
the chicks later on depends upon this
carly discipline. Special attention is
required toward evening. when the
chioks start TO retire for the night
! Instead OF gathering around the hover
u
! the far corners OF the broodcr, and
| there tramp!c one another to death in
/ large numbers.
This business OF tramplng is one OF
/ the most distressing circumstances
! with which the attendant must combat.
! In some broods it is virtually un-
! known, while in others il amounts to
! a mania. and severe losses result
have seen 10 or - per cent OF a brood
/ all hnc, healthy chicks, destroyed in
| single night by trampling, which is
another way OF saying that the chicks
! were Suffocatcd.
! In addition TO hover breaking" the
! brood the best way TO guard against
! tranpltng is 20 maintain fairly warm
! temperature in the broodcr. But this
I does not mean that the brooder should
| be close and stuGy. You should aim
/ to have enough reserve heat so that
the compartment can be freely venti-
! lated ~ the same time. Chicks usual
| ~ learn 10 trample and huddlc when
I they are chilled
The location of the hrooder is an
/ other important consideration II
should face the south. in order 10 re-
I c"iVe the full beneht OF the sun. for
! old King Sol is a great friend to newly
hatched chicks. And i, should be Sit
uated on Il wcll-draincd site free from
dcpreSsions which are likely 10 collect
! pools of water following transforms.
/ II puddles form the chicks are almos,
certain Ia wade in them.
WAITER HAS PECULIAR
FASCIIArION FOX CHICKENS
| Strangely enough, water has a pecu-
/ mar fascination for chicks, in spite o.
| the fact that II is peculiarly fatal to
| them under most circumstances For
example. following Thunderstorm
| especially toward evening. a brood will
| scamper outdoors and commence wad-
| ing IN tho puddles or so trudsing
| through the wet grass and weeds. In
| a few moments they are We. and
| bedraGgled, chilled to the hone and
utterly miserable. The strongest will
! i!hd their way back to the brooder and
! dry off. nut the weak ones become
| confused Shiver and chirp for help and
! quickly perish.
| tntn thcy have received their first
! coat OF feathers. chicks cannot with