AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 
The illustration entitled “‘ Coop No. 2 for Hen 
and Chicks,’ shows a coop which in many ways is 
even more satisfactory and convenient than the one 
previously described. It is 4 feet 6 inches wide, 2 
feet deep, 1 foot 9 inches high in front, and 1 foot 
3 inches high at the rear. As can be seen from the 
illustration it has two apartments—a closed or 
house part, and a wire-enclosed shelter or exercise 
room. The house part—1 foot 9 inches by 2 feet 
—is provided with a removable floor, and is sepa- 
rated from the exercise room by a wooden parti- 
tion with galvanized wire-cloth window and a door 
which admits light and air. The exercise room— 
2 feet 6 inches by 2 feet—is closed at the end, and 
screened with fine-mesh galvanized iron wire back 
and front, providing a roomy shelter for the hen 
and chicks. The combination door in the front of 
the coop permits the chicks to enjoy the advantages 
of free range, while the mother hen is safely 
confined. 
Either one of the two brood coops described and 
illustrated may be used as a home for the chicks 
long after they are weaned by the hen, also for a 
small flock of chickens that are old enough to be 
taken from the brooder or brooder house and 
colonized out-of-doors. A number of these coops 
with broods of chicks may safely be placed in the 
garden or berry patch, where the little chicks can 
range at will, and thrive on bugs and worms with- 
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