METHODS OF HATCHING CHICKENS 



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to leave the nests 

 and return a t 

 will. In this way, 

 very little labor 

 is required in 

 caring for sitting 

 hens. The door 

 on the front is 

 hinged at the top. 

 Underneath this 

 there is a frame 

 of wire netting of 

 1-inch mesh ; in 

 mild weather the 

 door may be kept 

 open. This makes 

 it an open - front 

 house, and during 

 the summer 

 months, when the 

 growing chicks 

 use it as a roost- 

 ing-house, it will 

 be ifound that this 

 provision for 

 fresh air is a 

 necessary one. 

 More convenient- 

 ly to get at the 

 nests or sitters, 

 there is an open- 

 ing at the back of 

 the coop. The top 

 board, which is 



(1) Arranged for hatching, with doors closed. 



(2) Showing door and top open. 



(3) Arranged for brooding, with runs detached. 



THE OREGON STATION COMBINATION HATCH- 

 ING AND BROODING COOP 



For four sitting hens, each in separate_apartment. 



