Show FIRST requirement FOR SANITARY COOP the first re requirement quI rement for a sanitary lien house Is a roomy dry building nith illi plenty ofIn of window dow space and easy means 0 of ventilation entil atlon dropping boards under the roosts boosts are quite essential for the proper mallte maintenance nance of cleanliness they should be made of 0 tongued and grooved flooring well laid and be at least three feet above the fl floor or of the house if nests are under the dropping boards three feet six indies inches would mould be better height in the case of heavy breeds bretag runways up to tile the ro perches should be used but with legli orns and other light breeds they are not dot necessary dropping boards should be level leel and the perches arranged about six inches above them the porches perches should he be on a level also and of 2 by 2 material they should be fastened to 2 by 4 supports that are hinged at the back bach end of the house so sn that the roosts boosts can be raised out of the way inay while scraping the dropping boards A hoe with 15 or 18 inch blade Is very satisfactory for scraping the dropping boards and if used regularly once or twice a week will assist materially in maintaining the health odthe flock A small box arranged to hang bang front from and slide along the front edge of the dropping board platform to receive the droppings as they lre lire scraped front from the board will help to preserve the fertilizer for the garden one nest should be provided for each five or six birds bards ond and even more if trap nests are used twelve by twelve inches Is large enough and one fourth inch mesh hardware cloth Is excellent for the bottom wall nests are to be preferred to those located under the dropping platform but the wall nests require a top place at an angle of at least 45 degrees to prevent the chickens ro most ing on them the runways runway along the front of the nests can also be made to told fold up in front of the nest openings which will keep the young birds from ro in the nests at ani fouling them dry mash hoppers are essential to the economical feeding of th the e lock flock I 1 they should be raised on le legs s 18 inches to 2 feet from the floor water stands should be raised the same game as the mash hoppers and are best wade made with a slatted top in the middle of which an opening Is left to receive a 12 quart pall the support for the bucket should be about six inches lower than the top of the platform A broody coop where feverish hens ben can be confined and fed Is much to be preferred to ducking them or to starvation A catching coop Is very desirable and almost necessary where there any regular rind and consistent effort at culling Is attel attempted apted A heavy wire with one end bent to form a hook honk and the other end tied to an old broom handle Is useful in catching a bird or two as occasion may demand A bin where two or three hundred pounds of scratch grain may be stored in the chicken house Is also a labor saver details as to the construction of different items mentioned above must of course vary with tile the size odthe of the flock and local conditions |