Beyond the chicken house is the single pen house and crib, known as the "first generation" house. IN THIS ISSUE TOP: Just beyond the crop field, the chicken house provides a safe haven for the mixed flock residents: Dominque chickens and Black Cayuga ducks. Farmers stored tools and equipment in one of the tool barn "cribs" while plows, wagons, and buggies stayed under a barn lean-to or in a breezeway. [Extracted from the article]
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