. The business hen (the latest hatch). Poultry. SMALL CHICK HOUSE. Fig. 13. WITH YARD ATTACHED. Fig. 14. then make a final application when they are given free range. For three weeks they seem perfectly contented in their confine^ ment, but after that they grow restless, and do better running free. These outfits are 7 feet long over all, 2 feet wide and 20 inches high. The chicks are fed commercial chick feed by means of an automatic device made of wire screens. By pecking at this they work out just what they need but no more. The slatted partition lets the chicks into the feeding compartment,
. The business hen (the latest hatch). Poultry. SMALL CHICK HOUSE. Fig. 13. WITH YARD ATTACHED. Fig. 14. then make a final application when they are given free range. For three weeks they seem perfectly contented in their confine^ ment, but after that they grow restless, and do better running free. These outfits are 7 feet long over all, 2 feet wide and 20 inches high. The chicks are fed commercial chick feed by means of an automatic device made of wire screens. By pecking at this they work out just what they need but no more. The slatted partition lets the chicks into the feeding compartment, but keeps the hen out. The saving in feed at 2J^ cents a pound is no small item of advantage. The water can hangs from above, the same as the feeder. The hen can reach it to drink all she pleases, but she cannot tip it over, or scratch it full of dirt. Beef scrap is supplied after the first week, in a little hopper tacked to the corner post, opposite the feeder. The old hen is fed principally on whole corn. With these outfits it is not necessary to go near the little chicks oftener than once a day in good weather. Any attention may be given after dark as well as at any other time. I have. 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 Collingwood, Herbert Winslow, 1857-1927 ed. New York, Rural Pub. Co
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