Show MAKE CHICKENS IT T HIGH health and vitality of young fowls injured by overcrowding when placed in small coops because overcrowding in small coops placed near the ground tends to ware injure the health and vitality ot of young chickens it Is advisable I 1 to 0 teach them to use perch roosts boosts as early as possible and practicable james 0 fl alpin in charge of the poultry department of tho college ot of agriculture 0 of the university 0 of als conald lays much of the blame tor for mortality among young chickens during the early winter months from roup aud and similar diseases to a neglect on the part of their owners in not seeing that they axe are placed on roosts boosts early in the season when chickens are left out on frosty nights in an improvised she shelter iter they are sure to huddle close together and in this way the bodily temperature Is raised tar far above normal making it easy for them to catch colds which often lead to fatal diseases further development so important to fowls in the northern states Is also retarded as a result of these improper housing methods the charge that crooked breast Is a sure result of placing chickens on boosts roosts too early in the season Is partially refuted by mr air halpan who believes that by using flat perches most of the danger from that trouble may be avoided ile he recommends that two by fours turned edgewise be used tor for roosts boosts where the span to be covered to Is over eight feet it if the house or coops in which the young chickens have been sheltered during the summer months are large enough and nicely ventilated perches may be installed and the young flock accommodated in them whenever it Is found necessary to coop p tho the young chickens in with tho the older fowls a screen should be used to keep the two flocks separate parate oe until the young chicks become strong enough to roost with the others |