Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1919 — GIVE CHICKS RIGHT CARE IN HOT SEASON [ARTICLE]

GIVE CHICKS RIGHT CARE IN HOT SEASON

Prevent Overheating by Exposure to the Sun. • / Brooder Should Be Sheltered, With Good Circulation of Air Around It —Milk of Any Kind Is Most Excellent Feed. (Prepared by the United States DepartIn extremely hot w r eather special care is necessary to prevent chicks from being overheated by exposure to the sun, confinement where ventilation is bad, or overcrowding. The brooder should be under shelter, with good circulation of air around it, and the number of chicks should not be greater than it will accommodate comfortably under hot-weather conditions. Skim milk, either sweet or sour, and buttermilk are especially valuable feeds in hot weather, making the diet lighter without reducing its nutritive value. The milk should be fed in a drinking fountain or in a dish covered with wire "netting so that the chicks can not get into it and become soiled with milk. The use of milk does not do away with the use of water, which should be given as usual. Unless the premises where ehicks are kept and all appliances used are kqown to be absolutely free from lice and mites, and it is certain that chicks have never been exposed to them, it is a wise precaution to paint or spray the brooder with a mixture of 4 parts crude petroleum and 1 part kerosene, allowing it to dry thoroughly’ before using. About once a week puffs of insect powder on the chicks w©en in the brooder will destroy any lice that may be on them.