999 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



QUESTION Is it advisable to cover the box houses for bantams 

 with tar paper or building paper ? 

 ANSWER Yes. 



QUESTION When is the best time to build the poultry house ? 

 ANSWER In the spring or fall. 



QUESTION What is the average cost of constructing scratch- 

 ing shed houses ? 



ANSWER About $2 per running foot of house. 



QUESTION What size scratching shed house would answer for 

 12 fowls? 



ANSWER Roosting room 7x6 feet and scratching shed 10x7 

 feet. 



QUESTION How are movable poultry houses built? 



ANSWER 1 Just like any other, except that the sills are heavy 

 and act as runners. A horse is hitched to the house and it can be 

 moved any reasonable distance without injury. 



QUESTION How large should the holes in the poultry house 

 be for allowing the fowls to pass in and out from the pens 

 to the runs ? 



ANSWER Twelve inches wide and 14 inches high. 



QUESTION In building the poultry house, where posts must 

 be sunk in the ground for sills to rest upon, what kind of posts are 

 best and will last longest? 



ANSWER Cedar. 



QUESTION What is the best way to ventilate the poultry 

 house ? 



ANSWER By leaving the doors and windows open the required 

 length of time during the day. 



QUESTION Is it best to have the nests, perches, dropping 

 boards, etc., made of planed lumber? 



ANSWER Yes. It does not afford so much of a hiding place 

 for lice? 



QUESTION What should be the pitch to a single roof? 

 ANSWER Nine inches to the foot. 



QUESTION What should be the pitch to a tar and gravel roof ? 

 ANSWER One-half inch to the foot. 



