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size or shape so long as the supply of grain is constant and the supply large enough 

 to last for about one week. A hopper which slopes from both sides will feed better 

 than one with a slope to but one side. 



Where the hopper plan is adopted on the farm, the labor problem is very much 

 reduced. This plan can be carried out with chicks in brooders, but for the first ten 

 days or two weeks I prefer feeding the chicks about five times daily, after which 

 time the hoppers are used. Water should be given daily in a clean dish. We have 

 had chicks with hens do extra well when turned in a large corn field with a hopper 

 of grain constantly near the coop, but no water. These birds were a long distance 

 from a water supply, hence they were tried without water with no bad results. I 

 would prefer giving water if the supply is clean and constant, or better sour milk. 



Chicks are taken from the out-door brooders at from six to eight weeks of age, 

 according to the weather. A small coop (Fig. 16) is set in front of the brooder, so 

 that the chickens cannot get to the brooder entrance, the result being that they get 

 into coop A. After a day or two take away your brooder, and the coop can then be 

 moved daily to fresh ground. This will keep the coop clean. When the chicks get 

 too large for the coop A, which will be in about ten weeks, they are put into coop B 

 (Fig. 17). The same process is gone through with coop B. It is set in front of 

 coop A, so as to obstruct the entrance, and the chicks then go into the coop B, and 

 soon take to the roost. Coop B will roost 30' chicks until full grown. Try to keep 



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D. 2 sides g x 2V' x 3'— 0" 

 18 pieces i x 1§ x 10" 



Side 1. — Chopped feed. 



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 B. 



E. 



F. 1 division h x 16" x 2—10 [ 



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 H. 2 pieces 4 x l"x 3' — 0" 

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Side 2. —Whole grain. 



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your chickens roosting in the open air as long as possible. Never house them in 

 close, stuffy houses. If you do they will be siire to go wrong, become weak, and be 

 of little or no value, either as breeders or egg-producers. When the indoor brooder 

 is used in a colony house, the brooder is removed from tine, house and the chickens 

 roost in colony house until they are ready to market. 



