24 THE COMPLETE POULTRY BO OK. 



be no Joor this cleansing is effected by moving the coop to a fresh spot each 

 morning, by which means the hen may be furnished daUy with fresh grass,' 

 which she needs, 



• Figs 12 and 13 give designs for coops where it is desirable, on account of 

 hawks, cats, or for other reason's, to confine the chicks as well -as the hen. 



Fio. 12. 



In Fig. 12 the runway is latticed with lath, wire or twine. In Fig, 18 with lath, 

 although either of the other materials may be used here also. Twine netting 

 is made for these purposes, being tarred for outside work. It is cheap and very 

 convenient, especially when more than one breed of fowls is kept. By its use 

 portions of the lawn or garden may be temporarily set off to the use of the 



Fig. 13. 



fowls, while the tarred netting may be advantageously used in the more perma- 

 nent divisions of the poultry-yard. 



Whether the hens be cooped, or allowed to run at large, a feeding-pen should 

 be provided for the chicks when they are a few weeks old. For thjs purpose the 

 pen shown in Fig. 14 will be found very convenient. To make it, get out fourteen 

 strips one inch thick by two inches •m^s and six feet \nnat iinon the eAaas nf 



