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The chicks are taken from the brooders at frum 6 to 8 weeks of 

 age, according to the weather. A small coop (Fig. 11.) is set in front 

 of the brooder, so that the chickens cannot get to the brooder en- 

 trance, the result being that they get into the 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. 12.) The same process is gone through 



Fig. 12. Coop B.— Length, 6 ft. ; width, 2 ft. 6 in. ; height in front, 2 ft. i in. ; height at hack, IS in. 



with coop B. It is set in front of coop A, so as to obstruct the en- 

 trance ; and the chicks then go into the coop B, and soon take to the 

 roost. Coop B will roost 20 chicks until full grown. Try to keep 

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

 house them in close, stuffy houses. If you do they will be sure to go 

 wrong, become weak, and be of little or no value, either as breeders 

 or egg-producers. 



BREEDING MARKET FOWLS. 



When looking over dressed poultry in some of the exporter's 

 shops, I have often thought how easy it would be to improve the 

 appearance of much of the ordinary poultry, and some of that which 

 i>^ specially fattened, if the birds were bred to a proper type. I have 

 spent much time in examining different types of birds, alive and 

 dressed, and in observing the feeding capacity of certain types ; but 

 it would take years to arrive at definite conclusions on these points. 

 I am however of the opinion that one of the most important things to 

 be sought after is constitutiov. This may have no actual market 

 value, but it certainly has much to do with the bird's ability to grow 

 and put on flesh. What we want is a good feeder, and an economical 

 producer. Generally, a bird with a short, stout, well -curved beak, a 

 broad head (not too long), and a bright, clear eye, has a good consti- 



