. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 28 slat and the back prevents the droppings from collecting- and decom- posing. The slats on the top and back are usually two inches apart. There is a small V-shaped trough arranged in front of the coop for feeding and watering the chickens. This trough is from two to three inches deep and is generally made of f-inch lumber. Very fair coops may be made from old packing boxes, by taking off the front and bottom, and substituting slats in their places, (see Fig. 21). During warm weather, these crates may be placed out of doors. They need to be protected from t
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 28 slat and the back prevents the droppings from collecting- and decom- posing. The slats on the top and back are usually two inches apart. There is a small V-shaped trough arranged in front of the coop for feeding and watering the chickens. This trough is from two to three inches deep and is generally made of f-inch lumber. Very fair coops may be made from old packing boxes, by taking off the front and bottom, and substituting slats in their places, (see Fig. 21). During warm weather, these crates may be placed out of doors. They need to be protected from the rain, which is easily ac- complished by placing a few boards over them. In cold weather the crates should be placed in a house or shed where they are protected from raw, cold winds. When fattening chickens inside of a building, it is well to darken the building and keep the birds as quiet as Fig. 21. Showing a single crate or coop. After each lot of birds is killed, we paint the crates with some liquid lice-killer. Coal-oil and carbolic acid is very good. Use one gallon of coal oil to one pint of crude acid. We have used some of the prepared mixtures with good results. If the birds (bought from differ- ent parties) are very lousy when put up, they should be well dusted with sulphur. The birds should be watered at least twice every day in warm weather. Grit should be given them twice a week. During the first week feed lightly—never quite all the birds will eat. I prefer feeding three times a day during the first week, and twice a day during the succeeding weeks. It seldom pays to feed the birds longer than three or four weeks. Chickens weighing from three to three and one-half pounds each, that are thrifty and of good breed- ing, appear to be the most profitable for feeding. Large chickens, weighing from five to six pounds, gain less and eat more than smaller Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally
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