170 POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



Protection from Cold and Storms. A good poultry 

 house should afford protection from storms and severe 

 weather. A little shelter from the winds and the storms 

 will add to the comfort of the fowls and therefore to the 

 egg yield. A cold wave or a sudden change to colder 

 weather, means an immediate demand for increased fuel 

 to keep up the heat of the body. In this case the fuel is 

 the food that the hen eats, and the food that has been 



A BOY WITH A "SAFE" HORSE AND "SPRING" WAGON 

 GATHERS THE EGGS 

 Reardon Farm, Petaluma. 



going into the making of the eggs will be drawn upon for 

 fuel purposes. It is the food that furnishes the heat of 

 the body as well as the material for eggs. Any shelter 

 therefore that protects fowls from storms or sudden 

 changes in temperature is an incentive to egg production. 

 Fowls maintain rugged health roosting in trees, but sudden 

 and frequent changes in the weather to which they are 

 subjected in the trees interfere with egg production. 



Storms More Objectionable than Cold. In most 

 sections under most climatic conditions fowls will spend 

 their nights in the trees in preference to the best poultry 



