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cold weather, is comfortable. The buildings 

 might be reduced in number or in size, except 

 the brooder house, and yet provide for the same 

 number of birds, if movable coops for the smaller 

 chickens were provided. The illustration (Fig. 

 12?)) shows a durable, light, movable coop large 



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Fig. 124. A large portable coop. 



enough for twenty half pound chicks. The coop 

 was designed for use on the lawn. It is inex- 

 pensive, and protects the chicks from all their 

 ordinary enemies, both day and night. It weighs 

 but 75 pounds, and can be moved easily by a 

 child by means of a strap attached to one end. 

 When used on the lawn, the coop should be 

 moved and cleaned at least once daily, as fresh 

 pasture for the chicks is thereby provided, injury 

 to the grass prevented, the lawn being benefited 

 by the excrements. The coop shown is 4x8 feet 

 and 20 inches high, unfloored except the covered 



