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48. Houses for Separate, or Detached Brooders. The pipe brooder 

 house can be used only to brood chicks ; its arrangement makes it unsuitable 

 for housing stock. Besides this, the brooder being built into the house, if 



once it becomes infested with lice 

 there is great difficulty in getting rid 

 of them. Some poultrymen use 

 detached brooder houses like that 

 shown in Fig. 33. In this is placed 

 a small brooder, which is removed 

 when the chicks no longer need the 

 heat. Roosts may then be put in, 

 and the chicks kept in the same 

 house until grown. Fig. 34 shows 

 how this simple detached brooder 



Fig. 33. A Detached Brooder House. 



house has been developed into a long house with a separate compartment for 

 each brooder. This house has no walk. Communication between pens is 

 through doors, near the front in the partitions. There are yards, as wide as 

 the sections of the house, and as long as wanted, and the house can be used 

 for laying stock, for surplus cockerels, or for fattening stock. 



49. Fences. The fence question is a very simple one. The fence 

 must be high enough to prevent the fowls from flying over ; strong enough to 

 stand a stiff wind storm without damage. Contiguous yards in which adult 

 males are kept must have at least the first 2 ft. in height, of tight boards. 

 The common fencing materials are lath, wire netting, and woven wire. 

 Wire fences give best satisfaction. Lath fences are sometimes preferred for 

 the shade they afford. It is better to use wire, and make shelters in the yards. 

 For movable fences wire is now always used. The height of fence needed 

 is : for Asiatics, 3 to 4 ft. ; for American varieties, 5 to 6 ft. ; for small breeds, 

 5 to 6 ft., according to size of yard; small yards require higher fences. If 

 fowls are not kept in bounds by a 6-ft. fence their wings should be clipped, 

 or the run covered with netting of 3-in. mesh. 



Fig, 34. A Brooder and Surplus Stock House. 



