A Portable Colony Poultry House 



Bv W. E. Fiudden 



THIS is a simp- 

 ly built poul- 

 try house that 

 will accoininodate 

 30 full-grown birds 

 and the lumber and 

 the roofing mate- 

 tial that covers the 

 whole house all told, 

 will not cost over 

 $30. It is 8 by 10 

 ft. in size. Run- 

 ners or skids furnish 

 a foundation for the 

 house. 



The skids are 4 

 by 4-in. pieces and 

 are 11 ft. long. 

 The drawings show 

 where all the pieces 

 go in the house and 

 the photograph 

 shows how the coop 

 looks when it is 

 ready for use. The 

 list of materials tells 

 the exact sizes of 

 the lumber and the 

 amounts of each to 

 buy. The joists are 

 two-by-fours laid 



across the skids; when set 2 ft. apart, 

 the same spacing is used for all the 

 framework. All the framing lumber is 

 2 by 4-in. stock. The floor is covered 

 with 6-in flooring boards, tightly nailed 

 to the joists. The short wall studdings 

 are two-by-fours spaced 2 ft. apart, but 

 at the corners they should be double 

 thick. The w-all studdings are 2>2 ft. 

 high with a 2 by 4 cai)ped along the top, 

 to which the roof rafters are spiked. 



The side walls and the lloor framing 

 work is all done first. When this part 

 is completed start with the roof work. 

 The rafters are cut properly to fit. The 

 roof is at half pitch, using 6-ft. lumber 

 for the rafters. With the framing .ill 

 done, cover the entire coop with 6-in. 

 flooring lumber, well nailed to the 

 rafters and studding with tight joints. 

 Then the whole coop is covered on the 



The House will Accommodate Flock of 200 

 to 300 Chicks or 25 to 30Full-Grown Fowl 



Diagram of the Wall and Floor Frame 

 work with Skids for Foundation 



outsidewitha heavy 

 3-ply roofing paper 

 with cemented 

 joints, [)ut on in the 

 manner described 

 by the manufac- 

 turer of the roofing. 

 The door is 

 screened and mus- 

 lin-covered for ven- 

 tilation without 

 drafts, and the glass 

 at both sides of the 

 doorway is built in 

 specially with lap- 

 ped joints so as to 

 deflect the incom- 

 ing air upwards to- 

 wards the ceiling 

 and away from the 

 fowls. Direct air- 

 currents are danger- 

 erous in the coop 

 but fresh air is one 

 of the first and most 

 important essen- 

 tials in coop build- 

 ing in a modern 

 way. Nests are 

 built in along both 

 sides and the roosts 

 and the dropping boards are located at 

 the rear of the coop. The following 

 material will be needed for this coop: 



4 ins. by 4 ins., 11 ft. long for skids or 



by 4 ins., 

 by 6 ins., 

 by 4 ins.. 



S ft. long for floor joists 

 10 ft. flooring bctirds 

 2 J ft. long for wall stud- 



2 pes 



runners 

 2 pes. 2 ins 

 17 pes. I in. 

 20 pes. 2 ins, 



ding 

 2 pes. 2 ins. 



(sides) 

 2 pes. 2 ins 



(ends) 

 12 pes. 2 ins 

 ifS pes. I in. 



door 

 55 IKS. I in. 



roof 

 T, rolls (100 sq 



material 



12 linlils vilass, 10 ins. by 14 ins., for front 

 I cellar sash, 3 lis. S ins. by 10 ins., for roar wall 

 I screen dotir, 3 hinges and I door lock 

 15 pounds nails 

 20 S(], ft. wire mesh screen 



by 4 ins., 10 ft. long for wall plates 



by 4 ins., 8 ft. long for wall plates 



by 4 ins., 6 ft. long for roof rafters 

 by b ins., 10 ft. long for ends and 



by 6 ins., 10 ft. long for sides and 

 each) ready-to-l.iy roofing 



ft. 



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