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laths nailed across the front, up and down, with sufficient room be- 

 tween to allow the chickens to go in and out at will, and the hen can 

 he kept confined in the coop when chickens are small or when other- 

 wise found necessary. This coop can be easily cleaned, and when 

 kept painted on the inside the chickens are always free from vermin 

 and disease. 



The top can be put on hinges so the entire inside can be exposed 

 to the sunlight. 



Brood coops should be built large enough to afford generous 

 quarters for growing chicks after they are weaned by the hen. Before 

 they are weaned, if you will provide lath runways these can be set 

 in front of the brood coop and the hen can come out upon the ground 

 and the chickens permitted to run at will. 



A good coop built from waste lumber. 



If you do not like the coop above, try this one. 



For little or no cost this brood coop can be made, and these can 

 be so arranged that the chickens can be allowed to run in and out, 

 and the hen kept confined. This keeps them from wandering off 

 when there is a heavy dew on the grass, or in rainy, bad weather. 



Thousand of farmers give their chickens practically no shelter or 

 protection of any kind. When many do. it is of the very crudest 

 kind. Too many of them use an old dilapidated barrel, on the verge 

 of collapse, with an old piece of carpet thrown over it, for a brood 

 of chickens or a setting hen. Their chickens are not given adequate 

 protection from the cold rains of early spring and fall, or the broiling 

 sun of summer. A little time sp-nt in caring for your flock will yield 

 you one hundred per cent profit. Don't expect the hen to do it all, 

 if you wish your poultry to prove a pleasure and a profit. 



Don't allow your birds to he crowded in coops or in their roost- 

 ing rooms. If you will put three hens with about sixty chickens and 

 keep them in one bunch, they will usually do much better than one 



