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Notes on Experiments with Poultry, [nov., 



ing of a box 18 in. square by 10 in. deep. Inside this box, 

 6 in. above the wooden floor, a light frame covered slackly 

 with flannel is lodged, while a nest of hay is made on the 

 floor. From fifty to one hundred chickens can be accommo- 

 dated in this box, according to the age and size of the birds. 

 The top consists of a lid in which holes are drilled for ventila- 

 tion, and an entrance is cut on one side for the chickens, who 

 are thus able to run in and out during the daytime. The 

 brooder is placed inside a brooder coop measuring 6 ft. by 

 3 ft. and 12 in. high, the sides and ends of which are made 

 of i-in. matching, while the roof, which lies flat when closed, 



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Chicken Brooder without Heat. 



consists of i-in. matching, covered with roofing felt. Rest- 

 ing inside the coop is a light frame, over one half of which 

 flannelette is stretched, the other half being covered with 

 i-in. wire netting. The frame rests on the two ends, which 

 are made 11 in. high (an inch lower than the front and 

 back), for the purpose of allowing ventilation space at each 

 end between these and the roof when closed. During the 

 daytime the roof is raised and is held in position by the frame 

 named above, forming a gable-top to the coop, the space 

 at each end being filled by triangular frames covered with 

 wire netting. The last-named are hinged to the roof, on to 

 which they fold when the coop is closed. 



