AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
from the sun or rain; in cold or very stormy 
weather it may be lowered flat against the front. 
This coop is rather small for adult fowls, except 
bantams, but with the addition of one or two small 
glass windows it makes a fairly satisfactory one- 
pen house for four or five medium-sized fowls. It 
is light and easy to move, and may be carried with- 
out much exertion from one part of the premises 
to another, thus giving the fowls the benefit of 
new ground and fresh vegetation. 
The “ Roosting Coop for Chicks After Wean- 
ing,” illustrated on another page, is 3 x 6 feet in 
size, three feet high in the front and two feet high 
in the rear. Not more than twenty-five chicks 
should be housed in a coop of this size. A perch 
runs the entire length of the coop a half-foot from 
the rear wall. Such a small coop gives satisfactory 
results only in pleasant weather or when located in 
a well-protected place. 
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