Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1912 — PLAN FOR A HEN HATCHERY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PLAN FOR A HEN HATCHERY

Door Placed in Front of Each Nest, Hinged With Leather and Held by Wooden Cleats. Here is my plan for a successful hen hatchery: I take 16-foot lumber and make stalls for 12 hens which, makes the nest" boxes a little over 14

inches wide, writes J, A. Crandall of Norwich, Kan., in tHe Farmers’ Mail and Breeze. Slats and thin lumber may be used for the 11 partitions. Floor the nest department. Chicken wire Is used to cover the top of runs 'except for the doors A, each of which is 28 inches long, enough to cover two runs. The doors B are the same r length. There is also a door 8 by 10 inches in the front of each nest box and alt doors are hinged with leather and held with cleats. The roof board is not hinged or nailed .but held In place with cleats and may be lifted off.

A Hen Hatchery.