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Show Inexpensive Awnings Help Protect Chickens Slanted awnings, inexpensive and easy to erect, can be attached to the sides of brooder houses to Erovide shade and protection :om rain for chickens. The awnings should be made of wood and covered with weather tight asphalt roofing to match the roof on the brooder house. Fasten the awnings on the building about two-and-a-half feet from the ground. When asphalt roll roofing is used instead of shingles, only one strip will be necessary. Use of hinges where the awnings awn-ings meet the walls and where the corner legs are attached will allow awnings to be-folded down aizainst the walls when desired. |