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CHICKEN COOP. 



are able to take care of themselves. The dimensions are for 

 the tight part, IS inches high on the back, rising to 2*2 front, 

 and 18 inches each way on the bottom, with holes bored to 

 admit air. The top has a lid to open, and a slide in front, to 

 shut in the Hen. The front or open part may be 3 to 6 feet 

 long, slatted with laths, with a hole cut through the bottom, 

 for the Hen to scratch in. 



Again, I think Chickens can be raised as well without as 

 with a Hen, even though you take the Chicks away in an hour 

 or less after coming from the shell. Some of my handsomest 

 Pullets were raised this past season without a Hen. In order 

 to do this, you want a small coop, built in a " lean-to" shape, 

 3 to 5 feet long, high and wide in proportion, with a small door 

 in front, and two squares of glass to admit light and sun, when 

 cold and rainy. A piece of sheepskin, with the wool on, nailed 

 to a board, would answer for them to run under and get warm. 

 A coop of this description was shown at the Norfolk County Fair, 

 in September last, by Mr. White, of Randolph, invented and 

 made by Mr. Edwin Allyn, of Boston. 



EARLY CHICKENS. 



The importance of early Chickens, and the method of rear- 

 ing them, are plainly set forth in the following extract, which 

 I make from a letter receded from my friend, E. R. Cope, Esq. 

 He says : 



