Introduction

This is a 1928 guide to incubating and brooding chickens. Written with the beginner in mind, it simply explains each step of the processes with the aid of photographs and diagrams, making it ideal for modern readers with a practical interest in keeping chickens and other poultry.

Contents Include

Replacing the Flock

Incubation

Time to hatch

Sanitation in incubation

Selecting hatching eggs

Hatching with hens

Hatching with incubators

Increasing demand for day-old chicks

Brooding

Sanitation in brooding

Brooding chickens with hens

Artificial brooding

Brooder houses

Brooding chicks in confinement

Battery brooding

Necessary precautions

Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on poultry farming.