130 THE PEOPLE'S PRACTICAL POULTRY BOOK. 



PEN CHICKEX COOP. 



The illustration, as shown on page 129, gives a good idea of a pen coop, 

 which may be made large enough to contain a cock and four hens for breed- 

 ing purposes, where they can enjoy the sun and fresh air, yet be protected 

 from stormy weather. The dimensions are as follows : Pen four feet high 

 in front and three feet in the rear, gix feet long and four wide. The yard, 

 ten feet long and six wide, to be enclosed with lath four feet high. If de- 

 sired, the top may be covered also. The pen may be made with common 



THE BARREL COOP. THE CLOSE COOP. 



boards, and battened up as shown in the cut. The holes in the ends are 

 made to admit a free circulation of air. This house may, of course, be 

 reduced to a size sufficient to keep a hen and chickens. If used for that pur- 

 pose the coop may be say twenty inches high in front, fifteen in rear, and 

 twenty inches square on the bottom, making it light and movable. 



THE BARREL COOP. 



This is an appliance to keep chicks, that any one can make, with very 

 little trouble, as will be seen by our illustration. All that is necessary is to 

 place a common flour or other old barrel on its side, take out one of the 

 heads, place some straw in the back end of the barrel ; put the hen and 

 chicks in ; have some lath or strips of board at hand, with one end sharpened 

 and drive them into the ground in front of the coop and your work is 

 accomplished. 



THE CLOSE CHICKEN COOP. 



This coop is very handy, and may be made of inch boards (see illustra- 

 tion,) long enough to admit of any number of fowls. A, A, are slats raised 

 for admitting the fowls ; B, B, doors to open and shut at night, to prevent 

 the intrusion of any kind of vermin ; C, button for fastening the doors. Any 

 common dry goods or other large box will answer the purpose desired. 

 Cleats can be nailed on, as shown in the engraving, which makes it a light, 

 warm and airy coop in summer. Holes should be bored in one end and in 

 the top for ventilators. 



FEEDING HOPPERS AND TROUGHS. 



In giving descriptions of the different varieties of Feeding Hoppers or 

 Troughs being used by poulterers in their endeavor to facilitate the workings 



