Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . Fig. 40. the way. Nests for turkeys may be made in the sameway, in out-of-the-way places, omitting the stakes, andputting in a good supply of straw to make the nest. CARE OF CHICKS—COOPS FOR THEM. 59 Yery good chicken-coops may be made of old fionr orfruit barrels. One way in which tliey may be made isby removing the hoops from one end, and putting theminside, in sucli a manner that the staves are forced aparton one side, as shown in Fig. 39. The barrel is set on theground, with the open staves downward. On the
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . Fig. 40. the way. Nests for turkeys may be made in the sameway, in out-of-the-way places, omitting the stakes, andputting in a good supply of straw to make the nest. CARE OF CHICKS—COOPS FOR THEM. 59 Yery good chicken-coops may be made of old fionr orfruit barrels. One way in which tliey may be made isby removing the hoops from one end, and putting theminside, in sucli a manner that the staves are forced aparton one side, as shown in Fig. 39. The barrel is set on theground, with the open staves downward. On the othereide of the barrel the staves should be kept close to-gether, as a protection against the weather and way is to cut off the end of each alternate. Fig. 41.—FBEDINO-PEN FOR CHICKS. stave, in lines, about three inches from each other. Thehalves of the barrels then taken apart, and set bottomupwards, make very good coops, as shown in Fig. 40. Ifa piece of leather is fjistened upon the top of one ofthese coops, so as to form a handle, it may be lifted andmoved to fresh ground very readily. Young chick?, thatare permitted to range with the large fowls, may be fedwithout interference by the others, in ;in inclosurewhich may be made as shown in Fig. 41. Commonlaths are sawn into proper lengths and nailed to aframe, three inches space being left for the chicks to go 60 PROFITS IN POITLTRT. in and out. On one side the laths are cut off six inchesfrom the ground, and a strip, A, three inches wide, issecured so as to be raised as tlie chicks grow larger, to|)ermit them to pass under it. If made ten feet longand five feet wide, it will be large enough to feed 200chicks. The frames for the sides and ends may be at-tached to each other by p
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