Coops for Chickens 67 



doubt was felt about the rain-shedding quality of 

 the wall-board, so the side shown here was covered 

 with roofing paper as an experiment. 



It proved, however, that the wall-board took 

 ordinary house paint extremely well, and the side 

 not protected by roof paper is in good condition. 



Setting up the house is an easy matter. Choose 

 the location, then drive four stakes into the ground 

 in pairs, just far enough apart one way to allow the 

 house to set in between them, and four feet apart 

 the other way. j 



Nail strips of scantling across from one stake to 

 the other so that the house can be set up on them, 

 about one foot up from the groimd. The stakes 

 will stand about one foot in from the front and 

 back of the house, as shown in the pictiu-e. 



Take care to have the front bar an inch lower 

 than that behind, so that any rain which may blow 

 in will run out again through the front, and not 

 settle in the back of the coop. 



Two people can easily carry the house and set it 

 down on the cross-bars between the two stakes. A 

 nail, driven through each stake into the floor of the 

 coop, will hold it in a wind, which might tip such a 

 light dwelling upside down. 



