The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . Fig. 13—Common A-shaped Coop with Sliding Slat have a free run of the open fields. For birds in confinement thereshould be from 6 to 15 square feet for each adult bird in casethere is no shed attached to the house, and with a shed this spacemay be reduced about one-half. The yards should be largeenough to allow exercise in the open air, and to furnish moregrass than the birds will eat. This will vary from 60 to 150square feet per adult fowl. The open shed facing the south,where the bir
The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . Fig. 13—Common A-shaped Coop with Sliding Slat have a free run of the open fields. For birds in confinement thereshould be from 6 to 15 square feet for each adult bird in casethere is no shed attached to the house, and with a shed this spacemay be reduced about one-half. The yards should be largeenough to allow exercise in the open air, and to furnish moregrass than the birds will eat. This will vary from 60 to 150square feet per adult fowl. The open shed facing the south,where the birds can be induced to hunt for their food and take. Fig. 14—chicken Coop with Inclosed Run exercise at all seasons of the year, and where they can enjoy thepleasure of scratching and dusting themselves in the sunshine,even in winter months, is of great assistance in maintaining the DISEASKS OF 617 health and productiveness of the flock. The roosting spaceallowed should be 6 to 8 inches for the smaller breeds, 8 to 10inches for the medium breeds, and 10 to 12 inches for the largerbreeds,
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