Chicks Handled Only Once
The chicks, at the end of the 22d day, are counted out of the incubator into large baskets lined with Canton Flannel, and in these they are carried upstairs to the Brooder House.
The last act of the chicken, before pipping the shell, is to absorb into its system the yolk of the egg, which supplies it with a sufficient amount of nourishment to last at least forty-eight hours. This supply of nourishment is what really makes possible the tremendous business carried on in “baby chicks.” But, as The Corning Egg Farm views it, the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals should step in and stop this business. After exclusion is accomplished the chick is thoroughly exhausted, and for a number of hours, if left to its own devices, it lies in a deep sleep.