214 Farm Poultry 



The young of all animals are active and will 

 take constant exercise if opportunity is given. 

 Particularly is this true of the young of fowls. 

 They are not only inclined to range freely on 

 their own account, but under natural conditions 

 the mother, wandering from place to place in 



Fig. 70. Chicken coop Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station. 



search of food, compels the young to take a 

 greater amount of daily exercise than they would 

 if left wholly to themselves. Perhaps the reader, 

 if he is a farmer, will be surprised to recall how 

 far from home he has seen the old hen with her 

 brood of little chicks. 



It is essential also that they be kept in a dry 



