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she might refuse to hover them. If it is desired to con- 

 fine the poults to this coop for a day or two this can be 

 readily done by placing 6 or 8-inch boards against the 

 outside of the coop. 



Sometimes a pen made of 12- or 14-inch boards laid on 

 edge or a wire pen is used in connection with the coop 

 where the hen is confined. Such a yard is used to confine 

 the poults until they are old enough to fly over, at which 

 time both the poults and the hen are given their liberty. 

 The coops should not be placed too close together but 

 should preferably be scattered about over the well-drained 

 portions of the farm where there is an abundance of ten- 

 der green feed and other natural feed such as weeds and 

 insects, especially grasshoppers. It is likewise desirable 

 to locate the coops where the grass is short. This ac- 

 complishes the double purpose of insuring tender green 

 feed and also of causing less difficulty from the poults 

 getting chilled going through the long wet grass. Where 

 the grass is short it is possible to let the poults out earlier 

 in the morning. 



It is often desirable to locate the coops where they can 

 be readily seen from the house and where it is easy to 

 attend to them. This is particularly true when the work 

 of caring for the turkeys falls to the lot of the housewife, 

 as it makes her work convenient. The coop should be so 

 constructed that it can be easily moved, and it should be 

 an unvarying practice to move the coop each day to a 

 fresh location so that the ground upon which it is placed 

 will be kept clean and sweet and there -will always be an 



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