POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION 



heat generated by the fowls and make that part of 

 the house warmer than would be imagined. They 

 should hang clear of the perches several inches, in 

 order that undesirable gases and foul air may fall 

 to the ground; and use them only when necessary 

 on very chilly nights, as fowls should always have 

 the benefit of as much pure, unconfined air as pos- 

 sible. The curtains may be attached to rollers 

 at the ceiling of house, and conveniently operated 

 much the same as window blinds. 



The matter of correct ventilation is one of the 

 most vital features of poultry house construction. 

 Ventilating Pure air is even more important for 

 the House poultry than for other domestic ani- 

 mals, because their body temperature is several 

 degrees higher. Aside from this, there always is 

 more or less of an unpleasant odor existing in 

 poultry houses, and it is necessary that this be dis- 

 sipated, as well as an abundance of pure fresh air 

 supplied for the fowls to breathe. Also, in the 

 roosting quarters, the warm air exhaled from the 

 lungs of the fowls is always heavily charged with 

 moisture, and this, coming in contact with the cold 

 roof and walls, is condensed in a poorly ventilated 

 building, and in freezing weather appears as hoar 

 frost, which freezes in drops in cold weather or 

 melts and drops to the floor when the house has 

 been warmed up by the sun. 



Up until the last few years this matter of cor- 

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