2 POULTRY APPLIANCES AND HANDICRAFT 



An excellent covered trough or box is shown at the 

 right of Figure i. The top is hinged, and so can be 

 raised to put the food inside. The fowls can then 

 insert only their heads at the sides and ends. The roof- 

 shaped top, having a sharp apex, affords no chance for 



FIG 2 : SLATTED FEEDING BOX 



getting upon the feed box, and remaining there, as is 

 the case with flat-topped covers. This device will also 

 aid in keeping the hens from pecking at each other 

 when eating. 



A capacious slatted feed box is shown in Figure 2, 

 suitable for soft feed or for grain. The hens cannot get 

 into it or crowd each other. The cover, which slopes 

 so they will not fly upon it, is covered with wire netting 

 which permits grain to be thrown into the box without 



FIG 3 : TROUGH FOR CHICKS 



raising the cover. Hens do not like to fly up and light 

 on this netting. A square pan may be placed in one 

 end of this box in which to keep water, and in this 

 position it can neither be soiled nor spilled. 



Young chickens while with the hen are serious 

 wasters of soft food, whether fed wet or dry. Figure 3 



