The Hen's Habitation. 



the roof-boards. The ends are next sided, the tarred paper 

 having been first applied as before. Next comes shingling; 

 the front is finished last. Four windows, 3x3^, are sufficient. 

 A long scantling set in the frame forms the window-sill and 

 pieces of the same setup make a frame for the window, which 

 extends to the plate. The door-frame is five feet wide and 

 three feet eight inches high. A frame of 2x4 scantling is 

 made in the building as for a stationary table or counter, and 

 i-inch rough hemlock boards are nailed on lengthwise of the 

 building. 



Crosswise of the building, about eight inches apart, are 34 

 roost-poles of 2x2 stuff with the corners shaved off. The 

 poles are four feet long and 14 inches above the platform. 

 Eighteen nests, 12 inches high and deep, and 14 inches wide, 



are placed under 

 the front of the 

 platform. The 

 hens go in from the 

 back side of a hole 

 6x7 inches. A 

 board shelf is put 

 up, on which they 

 can walk along to 

 the nests, and a 

 short ladder 

 reaches to the 

 ground. The sides 

 and bottom of the 

 nests are of single 

 boards 12 inches 

 wide, with board 

 divisions ; but the 

 front board is slit 

 into three pieces of 



FIG. A. 



equal width ; the middle one being hinged at the bottom and 

 fastened with a button at the top, turns down, opening nine 



