. The complete poultry book. Poultry. CARE OF THE CHICK. 23 excrement of the chickens very soon renders the ground under them a propa- gator of disease. Fresh water should be given daily, and if given in shallow iron dishes or in dishes containing iron scraps, the rust which forms will be beneficial to the chickens in preventing disease. No straw should be placed under the coops, as the young chicks will be more liable to become entangled in it and. Fig. 9.—Coop ivilh Floor. trampled by the hen. It will be well, however, to place fresh sand or sifted asheS under them frequently, esjiecially if
. The complete poultry book. Poultry. CARE OF THE CHICK. 23 excrement of the chickens very soon renders the ground under them a propa- gator of disease. Fresh water should be given daily, and if given in shallow iron dishes or in dishes containing iron scraps, the rust which forms will be beneficial to the chickens in preventing disease. No straw should be placed under the coops, as the young chicks will be more liable to become entangled in it and. Fig. 9.—Coop ivilh Floor. trampled by the hen. It will be well, however, to place fresh sand or sifted asheS under them frequently, esjiecially if they cannot be moved every day. In Figs. 6 to 12 we give several designs for coops. Fig. 8 represents a square box without top or bottom, three sides being made of common barn-boards twelve inches wide by two feet long, and the fourth side slatted with plastering lath. The cover is made of three pieces of barn-board, each twelve inches wide by thirty inches long, nailed to two gables cut out of six-inch fencing. The. 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 Thorne, Charles Embree, 1846- [from old catalog]. Springfield, Ohio, Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick
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