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Chicken Coops 



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It is a drawback that it does not protect the chicks against either 

 rain or sun, but in a shaded or sheltered place this run has 

 advantages over runs which are covered by boards overhead. 



The same remarks apply to the coop and run in Fig. 3. It 

 is an airy appliance and proof against vermin, but the run 

 does not shade or shelter the chicks. This coop has the 

 recommendation that it is inexpensive, and it is largely used 

 both with and without a run for rearing chickens and young 

 pheasants in fields where there is plenty of cover. A more 

 expensive style of coop is shown in Fig. 4. Here the run as 

 well as the coop or sleeping compartment is covered by boards, 

 a decided advantage in bleak or unshaded localities. This 

 coop can be used in the fields in all kinds of weathers, except 

 of course when there is severe frost or snow on the ground, 



Fig. 4. 



and whilst the chicks are always under cover they get ample 

 air through the netting at the sides, light and sunshine being 

 also freely admitted. The mother hen is supposed to be shut 

 within the coop and the chicks can pass between the bars from 

 coop to run. A double coop and run is sometimes useful, and 

 this can be made of two coops, one at each end, with the run 

 in the middle. The run may be used without a partition for 

 two broods of chicks, the respective hens being enclosed in 

 the coops at the end, and all the chicks can take food and 

 exercise together and will return to the proper coops. But if 

 the chicks are of different ages, it is advisable that a partition 

 should be placed in the middle of the run. This will be found 

 an excellent appliance for rearing where space is limited, and 

 the coops cannot be moved every day, but for field rearing 

 the smaller single coops with detachable runs are preferable. 



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