BULLETIN No. 215. 



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Figure 15 The Ocock chicken house is a convenient and satisfactory house for 

 city lots. It will accommodate 35 individuals if good care is given the flock. 

 A dirt floor is shown at the left in C. At the right in C is a board floor on 

 which the straw litter is placed in winter months. A piece of 2x12 inch 

 material is used as a partition, to prevent the straw from getting over on to 

 the dirt, and is shown in D. The perches, c, on the dropping board are 

 movable to make cleaning easier. The dropping board is hinged and should 

 be swung np as high as the cloth screen during the day, especially during the 

 winter and early spring. The nests are open under the dropping board and 

 have small doors ori the side next to the flooring for removing the eggs. The 

 nests are so constructed as to be removed any time for cleaning. A cloth 

 screen extends the full length over the dropping boards, roosts, and floored 

 portion. The frame work being shown at ci. c-2. in C. A drop curtain of 

 canvas is in front to be used on cold nights ; this is shown at a in C and at l> 

 in 1 >. \n opening is made in each end of the house above the screen and is 

 shown at a in 1, also at a in 1 >. A cloth screen is Inn^e;! above the window 

 in A and is shown open at <1 in 1). The stvail three-light glass rash above 

 the six-light sash is also hinged and is shown open at e in D. The roof, 

 side wall and ends are covered with tar paper inside in the half which is 

 devoted to the roosts, nests and part of the floored spaee. The boarding of 

 this house is ns'ile<< up and down. 



