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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74

Coop-fattening

Coop-fattening.

Pick six birds reared together and put in a coop in a sheltered place The coop must be roomy, and barred in front and underneath. It is important that the bars in front should be 2im apart, upright, and those underneath 1in. apart, lengthways. The trough for the food should be fixed across outside the bars, and above the level of the floor. Mix the food up very soft. Fast twelve hours when first put in the coop. Then feed twice or thrice a day, giving a little at a time, and when they have clear that up giving more, Leave none in the troughs when they are done.