. Burnham's new poultry book. Poultry. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DOMESTIC FOWLS. 89. FIG. 5.—GROUND PLAN OF OPEN SUMMER CHICKEN COOPS. Six of the compartments (or coops) are under one roof, and four different houses stand at the four angles of an oblong square of land half an acre in extent, thus: — O] PEN coo PS. OPI :n c OOP 5. (Half an acre, or more.) Clump of Trees for shade. OPEN COOPS. OPEN COOPS. 1 This arrangement colonizes the different lots of chick- ens, with the mothers, from March or April to June and forward, and separates each from interference with the others. The land might be s
. Burnham's new poultry book. Poultry. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DOMESTIC FOWLS. 89. FIG. 5.—GROUND PLAN OF OPEN SUMMER CHICKEN COOPS. Six of the compartments (or coops) are under one roof, and four different houses stand at the four angles of an oblong square of land half an acre in extent, thus: — O] PEN coo PS. OPI :n c OOP 5. (Half an acre, or more.) Clump of Trees for shade. OPEN COOPS. OPEN COOPS. 1 This arrangement colonizes the different lots of chick- ens, with the mothers, from March or April to June and forward, and separates each from interference with the others. The land might be subdivided into four lots,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burnham, George Pickering, 1814-1902. [from old catalog]. New York, Amerian news company;
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