68 The Hen at Work 



This tj^e of house has proved cheap, easy to 

 build, and easy to move about. While it would not 

 last so long as a wooden house, the present model is 

 ample proof that it will last as long as most people 

 care to have it. As a winter house for laying hens 

 it would hardly serve, though it is well suited to 

 shelter a few fowls who are in quarantine, and for 

 roosters being fattened. 



The chief value of a coop like this is for growing 

 stock. It gives space enough for a round hoover 

 in the center, and will provide comfortable quar- 

 ters for fifty chickens till they are large enough to 

 go into winter quarters. 



