. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. HE proper housing of Bantams is the first and most important point for consideration. Almost any place will do for them, provided it is reasonably warm in cold weather, and free from dampness at all times. These little fowls have the constitution to stand very cold weather, but dampness is their almost certain destroyer. '^ From the time Bantams are hatched till the end of their natural life they should be protected from wet and damp. If this is don
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. HE proper housing of Bantams is the first and most important point for consideration. Almost any place will do for them, provided it is reasonably warm in cold weather, and free from dampness at all times. These little fowls have the constitution to stand very cold weather, but dampness is their almost certain destroyer. '^ From the time Bantams are hatched till the end of their natural life they should be protected from wet and damp. If this is done and they are properly fed, they will enjoy perfect health and repay you for all the attention they have received. Young Bantams, when hatched, should be kept within doors on a dry board floor with the mother hen for about forty-eight hours, then removed into dry quarters outside and housed in a properly constructed coop with board floor that should be strewn with hay seed or chaff, or hay cut quite small. For my own use I have constructed a coop after the st3de of one made by Spratt's Patent. This is not all import- ant, for any well constructed coop will do for their comfort, if warm and dry. We advocate very strongly the use of coops with board floors; at the same time, many advocate placing them in /\ coops right on the ground. Having used both, we cast our vote in favor of the coop with board floor well cov- ered with drj' lit- ter, believing a greater number of just as healthy chicks will be raised in this way in all kinds of weather, and in a wet season, like the summer of 1897, the per cent is largely in favor of the dry floors. For adult Ban- tams we also ad- vocate houses with board floors, and we prefer these houses to be set at least ten inches from the ground, and so constructed that no vermin of any kind can make their home beneath the house. The illustra- tion of our favorite style of coop for adult Bantams (See Fig. 1) will indicate our notion as to same. We al
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