The Corning Egg Farm book, by Corning himselfCorning, Edward
Science
The Corning Egg Farm book, by Corning himself
Corning, Edward
Eggs -- Production; Poultry
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In a dwelling house, properly constructed, the entire heating apparatus
is a hot air furnace, with a cold air box connected with outdoors
constantly bringing in a fresh supply of pure air to be heated. If it
were possible this would be the ideal way of supplying the heat to
the hover, but of course in a long Brooder House it is impossible to
do this. The nearest approach to this system of heating is a trunk
line of hot water pipes, extending beneath the hover floor, with the
pipes enclosed in a long box, standing some two inches from the floor,
and with orifices of proper size to allow the fresh air to circulate
around the pipes, and then, through the radiating devices, to flow out
underneath the hover, and thus to be diffused over the backs of the
chicks. On The Corning Egg Farm this box is constructed of galvanized
iron, and covered on the top and sides with asbestos board, with an
air space between the asbestos board and the hover floor. Through this
floor comes a thimble which connects with the radiator above. The top
of this radiator is a spiral screw, which works like a piano stool
reversed, and with a tripod device which carries the thread but allows
the hover itself to be removed without changing its position on the
screw. As the chicks grow the hover can be slowly raised away from
them, until it is finally removed entirely, and the chicks learn to do
without it for a considerable time before they are moved to the Colony
Range. The thimble is most thoroughly insulated with asbestos, so that
there is no possibility of the much dreaded heat on the hover floor,
which, when it does exist, tends to dry up the chicks’ legs.
From the hover floor there is an inclined runway down to the main floor
of the Brooder House, which is covered with a fine litter, preferably
short cut wheat straw, to a depth of about two inches.
The inclined runway is hinged to the hover floor and works with a
cord passing through a pulley on the ceiling, enabling the operator
to raise it and retain the chicks directly around the hover. The
trough surrounding the trunk line of hot water pipes is closed by a
partition corresponding to the width of the hover run, which prevents
the heat from flowing by the radiator in each section, and in this way
equalizing the heat in every hover.
Never Build a Double House
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