Show W t J L I 1 FIRST requirement FOR SANITARY COOP the first requirement for a sanitary hen house Is a roomy dry building with plenty of window space and e easy means of 0 ventilation dropping boards under the roosts boosts are quite essential for tile the proper maintenance of cleanliness they should be made of tongued tind and grooved flooring well laid and should be nt at least three feet above the floor door of tile the house if nests uro ure under tinder the dropping boards three feet six inches 3 would bo be better height in tile the ca case e of heavy breeds runways up to ts the he ro perches should be bilged but with leghorns leg horns and other light breeds they tire anre not necessary dropping boards should bo be level and tile lie perches arranged about six inches above them the perches should be on it a level also and of 2 by 2 material they should bo be fust fa stoned eved to 2 by bya 4 supports that are am hinged tit at the back end of house so that the roosts boosts can be raised out of tho the way while sera scraping p th the dropping boards A hoe boo with 15 or 18 inch hlade Is very satisfactory for scraping the dropping boar boards Is and if used regularly onan or twice a week will assist materially tit in ninin maintaining tattling tile the health of the flock A small box arra arranged ngod tu tit hang filing from and slide along tile the front edge of the dropping board platform to receive the droppings as aa they are s scraped from froin the board will help to preserve the fertilizer for the garden one nest should be provided for each five or six birds anti and even more if 1 trap nests are used twelve by twelve inches Is large enough and one fourth inch mesh hardware cloth la Is excellent for tile the bottom wall nests are to be preferred to those located under the dropping platform but the wall nests require it top place at an a angle of at lenat least 45 degrees to prevent the chickens ro on them the runways along the front of the nests can also bo be made to fold up in front of the nest openings which will keep the young birds front from ro in the neels at night and fouling them dry kiash hoppers are essential to the economical feeding of the nock flock they should be raised on oil legs 18 inches to 2 feet from froin the floor water stands should be raised the same as the asli hoppers and tire are best made with it n slatted top in the middle of an opening Is wo jq receive it 12 quart pall the support for tile bucket should be about six indies inches lower than the top of the platform A broody coop where feverish hens c can all be confined and fed Is much to le he preferred to ducking them thein or to starvation A catching coop Is very desirable and necessary where any regular and consistent effort at cutting culling Is attempted A heavy wire with one end bent to form a hook goolt and the other end tied to tin an old broom handle Is useful in catching a bird or two us as occasion way may demand A bin where two or three hundred pounds of scratch grain may inny be stored in the chicken house Is also a labor saver details as to tile the construction of different items mentioned above must of course vary with the size ize of the flock and local conditions |