26 



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Figure 6-A. — Coop employed on New- 

 Jersey farm for rearing young ring- 

 necks. Note board run vvliich is 

 usually discarded when chicks learn 

 foster-mother's call after four or five 

 days. 



Figure 6-B. — Another view of New Jersey 

 rearing coop showing employment of 

 shutter to give shade and ward off rain. 

 A similar shutter is used to afford a floor 

 for tlie coop during the first few days of 

 the chicks' existence. 



few paragraphs above (the New York coop, Figure 5) is used both for 

 hatching and rearing; hence it seems proper at this point to give a descrip- 

 tion of the New Jersey coop, which is 223/^ inches wide, 273^ inches long, 

 22 inches high in front, sloping to 103^2 inches at the rear. The roof is 26 

 inches wide and 40 inches long and is stationary. There is a hinged door 

 on one side 8 x 83^^ inches. In front are three stationary slats 103^ inches 

 long and 23^ inches wide. Back of them four moval^le slats, 13 x 2)^ 

 inches are made to slide so that the coop may be opened or closed in a 

 moment. Above the slats is an opening 17 inches long and 5}/^ inches 

 wide, which is covered with 3^-inch wire cloth or fly screen. It aids in 

 ventilation when the slatted front is closed. On either side 8 one-half-inch 

 holes are bored 2}y^ inches from the top as a further aid to ventilation. 

 With each coop are provided two boards called "shutters" each 23 inches 

 wide and 28 inches long. One of these furnishes a floor for the coop when 

 the young chicks are placed in it, being removed after the first few days 

 unless the weather is unusually rainy, and the other is used to shade the 

 front of the coop and prevent rain from blowing in. 



