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cessity of removing the droppings every day, as in the 

 case of the ordinary platform beneath the roosts. 



Roosts for Chickens As the chickens obtain size, 

 they may be taught to go to roost in some room that is 

 not occupied. Here they will be always under cover 

 and safe at night from their enemies. Make the roost 

 of broad strips of board, to prevent crooked breast 

 bones, and to reduce the risk of vermin use the plan 

 of hanging the roosts shown in Figure 53. The strips 

 rest on horizontal wires, to which they are stapled be- 

 neath, and are held firmly up by wires from the ceiling. 

 Number 12 wire is stout enough. The same plan may 

 be used to advantage in the regular poultry house. 



