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The hen should be confined in the enclosure until the chicks 

 are ready to be weaned. 



Fig. 150. — A cheap and convenient boys and girls poultry club house 

 and run for sitting and brooding: A, The house; B, the wire-netting run; 

 C, the door to the coop; D, the ventilating holes. 



From this enclosure the chicks can go a short distance and 

 catch bugs and other insects, which furnishes them with much 



Fig. 151. — A series of coops and runs in an orchard where they are properly 

 protected from the hot sun's rays by the shade. 



animal food necessary for growth and development, besides 

 ridding the premises of enemies of vegetation. Under these 



