6 POULTRY AITLIANCES AND HANDICRAFT 



reach of the hens, who soon learn to pick the shells 

 from the holes, c c. 



Feeding Pens for Young Chickens— Where large 

 and small chickens run at large in the same lot the feed- 

 ing of them becomes a difficult matter, as the larger 

 crowd the weaker and take most of the food. Get one 

 or more big but low dry goods or grocery boxes and 

 remove a part of each side, as shown in Figure lo, at 

 the left, making the opening just high enough to per- 

 mit the small chicks to enter. Stretch a wire from 



FIGS 8 — 9 : AUTOMATIC FEEDERS 



side to side at the top and throw feed inside for the 

 younger broods. They will quickly learn to start for 

 their own quarters when the feed dish appears. 



The cut at the right of Figure lo shows a frame- 

 work low at one end and much higher at the other, 

 under which chickens of all ages and sizes can be fed, 

 and each one allowed to eat in peace. All sizes of chicks 

 fed together in an open space results in the big ones 

 trampling on the smaller, and robbing them of their 

 share. Some such arrangement as that shown is abso- 



