AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



The illustration entitled " Coop No. 2 for Hen 

 and Chicks," shows a coop which in many ways is 

 even more satisfactory and convenient than the one 

 previously described. It is 4 feet 6 inches wide, 2 

 feet deep, i foot 9 inches high in front, and i foot 

 3 inches high at the rear. As can be seen from the 

 illustration it has two apartments a closed or 

 house part, and a wire-enclosed shelter or exercise 

 room. The house part i foot 9 inches by 2 feet 

 is provided with a removable floor, and is sepa- 

 rated from the exercise room by a wooden parti- 

 tion with galvanized wire-cloth window and a door 

 which admits light and air. The exercise room 

 2 feet 6 inches by 2 feet is closed at the end, and 

 screened with fine-mesh galvanized iron wire back 

 and front, providing a roomy shelter for the hen 

 and chicks. The combination door in the front of 

 the coop permits the chicks to enjoy the advantages 

 of free range, while the mother hen is safely 

 confined. 



Either one of the two brood coops described and 

 illustrated may be used as a home for the chicks 

 long after they are weaned by the hen, also for a 

 small flock of chickens that are old enough to be 

 taken from the brooder or brooder house and 

 colonized out-of-doors. A number of these coops 

 with broods of chicks may safely be placed in the 

 garden or berry patch, where the little chicks can 

 range at will, and thrive on bugs and worms with- 



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