The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . soon after resume laying. 6i8 THE PRACTICAL STOCK DOCTOR A common A-shaped coop is one of the easily constructedand convenient forms in use. The one disadvantage connectedwith it is the difficulty of removing the feeding and drinkingvessels for cleaning, or of catching a bird in it without danger ofsome other bird escaping. To obviate this, one of the slats maybe made to slide, as in Fig. 13. The opening made by slidingthis slat is sufficient to admit the hand and arm so that any parto
The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . soon after resume laying. 6i8 THE PRACTICAL STOCK DOCTOR A common A-shaped coop is one of the easily constructedand convenient forms in use. The one disadvantage connectedwith it is the difficulty of removing the feeding and drinkingvessels for cleaning, or of catching a bird in it without danger ofsome other bird escaping. To obviate this, one of the slats maybe made to slide, as in Fig. 13. The opening made by slidingthis slat is sufficient to admit the hand and arm so that any partof the coop may be reached without leaving an avenue of escapeunguarded. Other forms of coops for the same purpose are shownat Figs. 14 and 15. For early hatched chicks, which come out whenthe atmospheric temperature is so low as to be injurious to them,a combination of coop and glass-covered run, as shown in Fig. 16,has been found very useful. FEED TROUGHS AND DRINKING FOUNTAINS.— Two forms of feed troughs are represented in Fig. 17. For thesmall chicks the troughs must be very shallow, or for the few.
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