REARING WITH HENS 



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answer the purpose as the chicks in brooding get their heads 

 and bodies more or less covered with the powder that has 

 been blown on the hen, but to be on the safe side dust both 

 hen and chicks. 



Much of the time during April and the first half of May 

 the chicks cannot be out of doors to any great extent, 

 and some sort of an exercising or scratching place is a neces- 

 sity. The ordinary brood coop will hardly answer the pur- 

 pose, not being large enough, and our plan has been to con- 



A Coop Six Feet Long- and Three Feet Wide, With Glass Window, In 

 Front, Which Serves 'as Quarters for Hens With Early Chicks. 



struct a coop with the main part three feet by six feet with 

 an addition at each end, twenty inches by twenty-four inches; 

 these end parts to be used for hen and chicks as brooding 

 quarters and the main part as exercising rooni. The sides 

 of the main part should be on hinges and of the double door 

 pattern, the outer one to be of wood and the inner one of 

 inch mesh wire screen; the wooden door to have a good 

 sized light of glass set in it 



When weather is cold or stormy both sides (back and 

 front) of the coop may be closed and this scratching room 

 will be warm and comfortable. In case of wind coming 



