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the cracks so that there was no draft, and next put in the roosts. These 

 I placed about ten inches apart, and there was room for three or four 

 of them. These boxes make splendid quarters for the growing stock and 

 will be a good place for them until the weather gets cold in the Fall or 

 until they are ready to be taken to their Winter quarters. 



The colony houses can be placed in the parks or in an open field. A 

 cornfield makes an ideal location on account of the shade and the grdund 

 being tilled frequently, giving the chickens lots of loose earth to work 

 in and a chance to get earthworms. I used two parks for the colony 

 houses, one for the males and one for the females. In May I found the 

 chicks growing nicely, and those of the large males that did not promise 

 to make good breeders I sold for broilers. 



Care should be taken not to force the breeders during the breeding 

 season or any other time. The breeding pen should not be fed wet 

 mashes, because this has a tendency to produce the fatal white diarrhoea 

 in the chick. In case that the eggs are not as fertile as they should be, 

 it will be found that the male is so gallant that he defers eating until 

 the females have the feed consumed. In such cases as this it is necessary 

 to feed the male by himself once or twice a day for a while, and every 

 other day he should be supplied with a little ground raw lean beef. 



