POULTRY KEEPING 189 



Build Separate Chicken Houses. 



How shall I get chicken lice out of a combination chicken house and 

 stable for horse f Horse is in danger of the lice and therefore keep him in 

 yard in summer, but must have a stable in winter. 



Tear your chicken house down from the barn and rebuild it 

 by itself, then spray it once a week with any of the commercial 

 disinfectants on the market. It is very inadvisable to have a chicken 

 house in connection with a building for any other purpose. 



Chicken House Capacity. 



We have built eight by sixteen poultry houses with dropping boards, 

 so that the whole floor can be used as a scratching shed. How many 

 'chickens should each of these houses accommodate? 



Such houses will accommodate sixty Leghorns, and with the 

 yards certainly should give good results. Do not use long houses, 

 that is, joining several of these houses together. That plan used to 

 be done, but it is about obsolete now. Have your houses open front 

 and keep them single, that is the only way to keep poultry houses 

 clean in this climate. 



Creosote Stain or Whitewash. 



Is creosote stain used for inside and outside of poultry buildings, and 

 will you please publish formula for same? Is it superior to whitewash? 



Creosote stain is superior to whitewash in some ways. It kills 

 mites and prevents them from breeding if sprayed about twice a year. 

 Whitewash also kills mites, but after it has been on the walls a few 

 days, it is entirely harmless to mites and other insects; the creosote 

 stain keeps its qualities much longer. It is used both inside and 

 outside and also on the roof. Crude oil and crude carbolic acid form 

 the base, one quart of the crude carbolic to one five-gallon can of the 

 crude oil. After they are mixed, stir in enough "prince metallic" to 

 thicken to the consistency of cream, if to be put on with a brush, but 

 if to be sprayed it must be thin enough to work in the pump. You 

 will have to use some judgment in that. Some people prefer to 

 spray because it is quicker, and others prefer a brush because it is 

 more economical. Spraying uses about three times the quantity as 

 when put on with a brush. 



Good Perches for Fowls. 



Are Hat perches, four to six inches wide, as good as round perches? 



Perches four to six inches wide are not nearly so comfortable 

 as those two inches wide. The very best perch is Oregon pine 2x2 

 and the edges trimmed, making it nearly round. A hen can then grasp 

 the perch because its feet naturally form a curve when she goes 

 to roost. A perch so wide as six inches might be a place to sit on, 

 but a hen would never feel quite safe because she could not grasp it 

 to hold herself. 



