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It is by no means easy to fit a joint up under an 

 overhanging roof that will be wind tight, but it 

 is very easy to lap the roof paper down over a 

 flush comer, so no air can leak through. This rear 

 roof comer is just where the hens are going to roost, 

 and every precaution should be taken to shelter 

 them. 



The Door. — 'The doorway should be about 

 twenty-siK inches wide and five feet high, placed 

 on the east end of the house. Two pieces of stock, 

 two inches square, or strong pieces of board, would 

 do as uprights for door frames. They are nailed 

 flush with the outside edges of the siU and roof 

 piece. The door itself can easily be made of three 

 or four pieces of matched board, five feet long, 

 nailed securely on cleats. It swings on strong 

 strap hinges. 



Side Walls and Rear. — The easiest way to plan 

 the side wall and rear is to nail the boards vertically. 

 These should be of sound stock, tongued and 

 grooved, and should fit snug up under the lap of 

 the roof edges. A double back wall, with dead air 

 space, is often planned in the Northern States, and 

 a double roof is sometimes used in hot climates. 



Floor. — If you can afford it, put in a double 



