CHAPTER V 



POULTRY FIXTURES 



PERCHES should all be on the same level 

 and no higher that two or three feet above 

 the floor. By having the perches all on 

 the same level there is no strife for the highest 

 positions, as otherwise always occurs, and the 



fowls are always found evenly dis- 

 Roosts .11 i i i ! i_ 



tnbuted over the perches; while by 



having them low there is no danger of jars and 

 bruises occurring to the legs or bodies of the fowls 

 in jumping or falling off the perches. 



The instinct of self-preservation prompts fowls 

 to perch on the highest point they can reach when 

 taking their quarters for the night; they naturally 

 desire to be above danger from below. This in- 

 stinct is a very apparent one, and it is strange that 

 we so often see in use the old undesirable ladder- 

 like arrangement of the roosts, each cross-piece a 

 little higher than the preceding one, the first one 

 being within a few inches of the floor, while the 

 last one is up almost to the roof. If one will look 

 into such quarters at night, after the birds have 

 retired, he will find that, no matter how much room 



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