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LETTERS TO YOUNG SHOOTERS LETTER 



the hen has been allowed ten minutes for feeding, 

 place her in a bag or pocket, and carry her to her 

 coop. Now take the chicks out of the basket, and 

 drop them gently one by one into the run attached to 

 the coop, and the hen will call them to her and nestle 

 them. 



The runs need merely consist of two f -in. boards 

 8 in. high by 3 ft. long. These are propped up before 



FIG. 19. GROUND PLAN OF RUN WHEN ATTACHED TO A COOP. 



the coops (which I shall describe in a future Letter) 

 in the form of a V (figs. 18 and 19), and as the 

 boards are joined at one end by two pieces of tarred 

 cord, they can easily be folded up and packed away 

 when not in use. There is no necessity to cover the 



