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from the concrete floor with supports under the center 

 and near the front end. Two sections of roosts are used, 

 each about 6 feet long. This leaves a clear space between 

 the two sections. The floor is bedded down heavily with 

 straw ; near the back wall the straw is packed in until it 

 is flush with the roosts. We usually line the back wall 

 with chunks from the bales and pile loose straw on top 

 of these. The purpose is to prevent a piling up under the 

 roosts which is likely to occur the first night or two. 

 Chicks seldom take to the roosts immediately when they 

 have been moved, even though they have been roosting. 



We keep them in the house for a full day after moving 

 them to let them get acquainted with the new quarters; 

 and if the weather is bad they are kept indoors several 

 days. An exposure to severe weather is extremely bad 

 policy just after moving a lot of young birds; they are 

 nervous and excited at best and are far more susceptible 

 to adverse influences. 



The awning is dropped at night ; and if it is very cold 

 (or wet and cold), we hang a burlap curtain from the 

 dropboard reaching to within 8 or IQ inches of the floor. 

 We make it a point to be with them at bedtime the first 

 night; they have come to know us, and in their strange 

 quarters it seems to have a quieting effect to be arouna. 

 We look in on them at the 7 o'clock round ; if the curtain 

 was dropped and they seem to be too warm it is partially 

 or completely raised — as seems best. We look in again 

 just before our own bedtime and make such readjust- 

 ment as may be necessary. This extra watchfulness is 

 not necessary after a few nights, when they have grown 

 accustomed to the new place. 



