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Show MOVABLE WIRE COOPS FOR THE GROWING CHICKENS :, Thoy Furnish Many tit tho Advantages of1 a Free Rang. : H Thb typo of coop shown wilt sometimes some-times provo vtthmlilo for housing growing stock, Dy its use many of tho advantages of n freo rnngo can bo secured In localities where tho nroa Is Insufficient to permit such range. Tho usual practice is to place theso coops on grass land and ono or moro times dally to movo them their length or width so that tho fowls may hnvo a fresh supply of green fend nnd tin-soiled tin-soiled ground. Ot courso any given area can bo fed ovor In this wny sov-oral sov-oral times during a season. Tho coops aro light and vory readily moved. Dragging would bo made oaslor hy shaping tho lower edges of tho ends or tha bottom scantling of tho frnmo like n sled runner. Tho coop can ho still furthor Improved. 1. Hy putting doors nhout a foot square . In tho gables so that fowls on the perches beneath tho root can bo reached from tho outside. 2. Hy putting n hlngod gato Inrgo enough to admit tho blndo of n hoo opposite tho ond of tho food trough so that It may bo conveniently cleaned when necessary. 3, Light diagonal braces In tho corners cor-ners will render such coops Armor nnd more durublo. Wires might undoubtedly un-doubtedly bo used with advantago for this purpose Buch coops havo frequently been used with satisfactory results for con 'H fining laying hens during tho summer, H Tho cftfo of tho fowls will tako rather H moro tlmo than In houses, but tho use) H of the coop moved dally solves the H problem of green food; It makes It H posslblo to carry a largo numbor ot H fowls with many of tho advantages H of freo ranga on limited areas and It H Is tho observation of tho writer that 'H hens kept In this wny (with no fixed ' H habitation) become broody less than H thoso In houses nnd may consequently i.H lay morn eggs. An orange box bo- ' 'H neath tho roof with n hinged gato In front ot It for roma at of tho eggs af- fords tho needed nests. This can bo. 'H Set on nnd fastened to tho bottom ,H frnmo at ono corner so that It .moves .s with tho coop. Such n coop will ac- H commodate from ton to 12 hens. As ti H lllllllllllllllllliiil ! fHii,nii"'ii"iH'l'm " 11 1 I Good Type of Movable Wire Coop. ronBoqucnco, In part no doubt ot thn fi-cqiiont movlngs to fresh ground, the fowls suffer relatively llttlo from ver -BH |
