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a trap into the run, the end of which opens like 

 a door, and can thus easily be cleaned out. 



The interior of these houses is fitted up with 

 a row of nests ; occasionally I set two hens in 

 these, and when the broods are hatched, give all 

 the chickens to one. Being protected from cold, 

 they are not too many, the mother feels herself 

 at home, and the chickens are comparatively in 

 a natural condition ; they even winter very com- 

 fortably in these houses and runs. I find them 

 very useful for a pen of fowls put up for exhibi- 

 tion (in which case a moveable perch is required) ; 

 and for chickens deserted by their mother at too 

 tender an age, when they demand the greatest 

 care ; also for many other exigencies. 



In a sheltered spot, facing south, I have a 

 large lean-to glas.s-house, divided into three com- 

 partments, each large enough to contain twenty 

 chickens, with a mother hen. This house is 

 warmed by a stove, and ventilated by sliding 

 boards — this enables me to rear chickens in 

 January; but care must be taken to air the 

 building well — ^leaving the doors open in fine 

 weather — to let the chickens run out at will. 



