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Individual brooder houses wiiich later in the sea- 

 son can be used as colony houses pay well. They can 

 be built of any style desired. Several good ones are 

 shown in Figures 76, -j-j, 78 and 79. These houses 

 should be not less than four feet high at the rear, five 

 feet in front and five by seven feet in size. A house six 

 by eight feet is much more convenient than one five by 

 seven feet and costs but little more. They should be 



FIG. yy INEXPENSIVE COLONY-BROODER HOUSE 



tuilt of planed and matched lumber well put together, 

 and for use in early spring covered with building or 

 roofing paper on top and sides to give greater protec- 

 tion. After the chicks are big enough remove the 

 brooder and place in the house two or three roosts. 

 Such a house will accommodate fifty chickens until 

 time to remove the cockerels. The windows should be 

 taken out and replaced with wire covered screens. 



