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Show PROTECT THE YOUNG CHICKS Put Together Some Thin Boards or Slabs in Form of Crate With Fine Mesh Wire on Top. The illustration gives an Idea how to build a yard for young chicks. Put together some thin boards or slabs in the form of a crate at least two feet high and tack fine mesh wire netting over the sides and top. A small door should be put In one side to allow Covered Yard for Young Chicks. operator to care for feed and water dishes. The wire yard should be placed tight to the entrance of brooder or coop, and made secure at either side by hooks and staples. Thus the whole outfit may be easily detached, and moved about as the runs become stale, writes Charles R. Bushnell in the Farm and Home. You also have protection for the chickens from crows, hawks and cats, etc. |