POULTRY FIXTURES AND DEVICES 



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the commonest style is the A-shaped coop with 

 various modifications as to runs, character of 

 material, etc. 



Colony houses of several styles are also illus- 

 trated merely to give hints. No comment need 

 be made on these except to say that they are 

 exceedingly convenient for placing in orchards and 

 fields, where by the aid of hoppers and drinking 

 fountains the flock may be encouraged to take care 

 of itself to a large extent. After the chicks reach 

 a fair size and the hen has left them, roosts should 

 be placed in the house. Since some chicks take to 

 the roost slowly, provision should be made for them 

 in some other corner of 

 the house so they may 

 cuddle on the ground 

 without danger of being 

 soiled by droppings from 

 the fowls on the roost. 



Incubators and brood- 

 ers need not be discussed 

 here as part of poultry 

 equipment, because they 

 are taken up in chapters 

 devoted respectively to 

 hatching and rearing. Bone cutters are considered 

 a necessity where large flocks are kept. Green bone 

 can often be purchased from local butchers at so 

 reasonable prices that where small flocks are kept 

 a bone cutter need not be part of the poultry equip- 

 ment, but where considerable quantities of fresh 

 bone are required a good machine is a great advan- 

 tage. 



Hay cutters are useful where large numbers of 

 fowls are kept and where there is not much broken 



DOUBLE BROOD COOP 



Any convenient size. 

 Hinged lids; wire front; 

 board floor covered with 

 sawdust. 



