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The nests are under the dropping-board. The coops for 

 broody hens are to the right of the roosts, the feed 

 hopper is fastened against the partition or hung on the 

 uprights, and the shelf for the water pan is to the right 

 of the hopper. The pan goes through or under an open- 

 ing in the partition, thus providing for two pens of fowl. 

 A house of this kind will be excellent for bantams, 

 and if not more than five or six of them are kept in each 

 yard, green stuff of some kind can be grown in the 

 yards. Such pens can be used for a male and four or 

 five female bantams of any breed or variety, and the 

 hens should be permitted to hatch their own eggs and 

 raise the brood of chicks in the same enclosure. 



HOUSES FOR BANTAMS 



A house of small size is most suitable for bantams. 

 The higher the roof and the more extensive the space 



FIG. 7 



inside, the colder and less comfortable will be their 

 quarters during very cold nights. The box house illus- 

 trated in Fig. 7 can be built out of packing cases that 

 are 3 l / 2 ft. wide, A l / 2 ft. long, and of the average height, 

 the front elevation of the building being 4^ ft. and the 

 rear elevation Zy 2 ft. The floor of the house, which is 

 made .first, is 4 ft. wide and 5 ft. long, and is elevated 

 12 in. above the ground by cleats nailed all around on 

 the under side flush with the edge. The walls of the 

 house are nailed to the edge of the floor; the boards in 

 the rear and on the sides reach to the ground and close 



