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POULTRY HOUSES AND FIXTURES 



HOUSE FOR ADULT FOWLS OR BANTAMS 



A Practical House for Small Back-Yard Flocks. Has 



Muslin Ventilation, and Well-Protected Perches. 



Just Right for a Pen of Bantams. 



By E. L,. POTTER 



The drawings at the foot of this page illustrate a 

 convenient and practical house suitable for a small back- 

 yard flock of eight to ten fowls. This house will prove 

 especially convenient for a bantam flock, though it may 

 be used for large fowls with entirely satisfactory results. 

 The curtains in front of the perches should be omitted, 

 as they are of little use except in extremely cold sec- 

 tions of the country or for fowls having extra-large 

 combs. If this house is used as a colony house, it will 

 accommodate twelve to fifteen Leghorns, about twelve 

 fowls of larger breeds, or twenty bantams. It may be 

 built for a small sum, depending somewhat upon the 

 locality and the price of lumber. 



In our climate this house' has proved warm enough, 

 but in cooler climates I would advise the use of thin 

 sheathing or ceiling, nailed on over a tar-paper lining, 

 or the house may be covered on the outside with roofing 

 material, placing the strips on up and down and using 

 bands on the seams, or simply cementing the edges and 

 nailing it on in the usual way. Following is the com- 

 plete bill of materials required for building this house: 



13 pieces of either 2x3-inch or 2x2-inch spruce for the 

 sills, joists, corner posts and intergirts, also rafters. 



3 pieces, l%xl-inch furring-, 14 feet long 1 , for frame of 

 screens and supports for nest bases and roosts. 



1 piece, 2-inchx3-inch furring, 14 feet long, for perches. 

 350 feet of tongue-and-groove flooring, either pine or 

 spruce. 



4 pounds of 8d wire nails. 



22Yz feet of one-ply prepared roofing. 



1 gallon of paint. 



2 sashes (6-in. x 8-in. lights), 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. 

 110 feet of 2-inch mesh poultry netting if yard is to be 



covered on top, or in case of only a fence, 94 feet 

 will be enough. 

 2 pounds of staples. 



4 pieces, 3-inch x 1-inch furring, 12 feet long, for top- 

 of yard posts. 



6 pieces, 3-inch x 8-inch cedar posts. 



2 pieces, 3-inch x 1-inch furring, 13 feet long, for gate. 



2 6-inch x 1-inch spruce boards, 12 feet long, for bot- 

 tom of wire. 



2 6-inch x 1-inch boards, 18 feet long, for bottom of wire. 



The muslin screens in the upper part of the front 

 are movable and should preferably be hung from the top 

 on hinges, so that they can be hooked up out of the 

 way when not in use. In this house the windows should 

 be hinged at the bottom so that they can be dropped in 



FIG. 46 CROSS SECTION OF HOUSE FOR 20 FOWLS 



Reproduced from Ohio State University Extension 



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from the .top for additional ventilation and during warm- 

 weather should be entirely removed. 



In a house as narrow as this it is difficult to use 

 muslin shutters without exposing the fowls to direct 

 drafts when on the perches, and for this reason it would 

 seem that the perch curtain should not be omitted. A 

 practical method of protecting the fowls from drafts un- 

 der such conditions is to fasten the curtain in the posi- 

 tion shown in the diagram, so that it will act as a screen, 



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