64 999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



QUESTION What is the best method of ventilation ? 

 ANSWER The doors and windows. Specially made ventilators 

 in the roof, etc., are not satisfactory. 



QUESTION What disadvantages are there, if any, in having a 

 large number of windows in the poultry house? 



ANSWER It makes the house too cold at night during the 

 winter. 



QUESTION Is it advisable to have glass skylights in the poultry 

 house ? 



ANSWER No. Good ones would be too expensive and ordinary 

 sash lights cannot be prevented from leaking in rainy weather. 



QUESTION Is the scratching shed plan of house the best ? 

 ANSWER Yes. 



QUESTION How much room on the perches should be allowed 

 for each bird ? 



ANSWER In constructing perches allow 10 inches for the 

 smaller breeds and 12 inches for the larger ones. 



QUESTION How much window space should be provided in a 

 house 12 x 12? 



ANSWER Two windows three feet square or the equivalent. 



QUESTION Is it necessary to have a nest for each hen ? 

 ANSWER No. 



QUESTION How many square feet of floor space in the poultry 

 house should be given each hen ? 



ANSWER The old rule of ten square feet is about right. 



QUESTION How much yard room is required for fowls? 

 ANSWER Provide 100 square feet for each fowl and give as 

 much more as possible. 



QUESTION What is the scratching shed plan of poultry house? 



ANSWER Each enclosed room or pen in the house connects 

 with a shed, usually single walled and with the front entirely open. 

 Its purpose is to counteract the effects of confinement in a closed 

 house and at the same time provide protection from the weather. 



QUESTION Which is the better for the interior of the poultry 

 house, tarred paper or common building paper? 

 ANSWER Tarred paper. 



