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PIG. 83 FRAMING THE FRONT OF WARM CLIMATE HOUSE 



A LAYING HOUSE FOR WARM CLIMATES 

 Provides Extra Ventilation Required in All Warm Cli- 

 mates. Is Not Too Deep, and Front is Shaded 

 By Wide Eave. 



While the house described on pages 38 to 40 may be 

 adapted to the requirements of warm climates by making 

 suitable changes in ventilation, there are some features 

 that are especially desirable in mild climates that are not 

 needed or wanted elsewhere. For this reason plans for a 

 special warm-climate house have been prepared. This 

 house can be built in any number of pens desired, the 

 one here illustrated affording ample -accommodations for 

 900 to 1000 fowls, or about 150 to the pen. The rule of 

 four square feet to the fowl, which applies generally 

 wherever fowls must be kept in confinement for long pe- 

 riods of time, does not hold where they can be out most 

 of the time and where the house is mainly a place for 

 roosting and for providing accommodations for nests, 



ted hoppers, etc. 

 The foundation and floor as shown in the cross- 

 ction, Fig. 85, are of concrete. It will be noted that 

 the foundation wall is carried up a foot above the floor, 

 the purpose of this being to protect the sills from decay 

 and insure a dry floor. It is planned to have the floor a 

 foot above the ground level, but if the site is well drained, 

 six inches will be enough. General details of foundation, 

 floor, and anchorage are as described in Chapter I. 



To afford protection from the sun, the front eave is 

 extended so as to form a permanent canopy over the front 

 of the house. Some builders go a step further than this 

 and make the canopy six feet or more wide, enclosing the 

 space and using it as a sort of shaded runway. This is an 

 excellent plan and adds but little to the cost of the house. 

 Where this is to be done it is advisable to provide a plain 

 shed roof over the main part of the house (16 feet) and 

 then extend the canopy as far for- 

 ward as desired, sloping it to the 

 front. This can be done without 

 changing or interfering in any man- 

 ner with the plans of the house as 

 here given, except to use 18-foot 

 rafters. 



Fig. 82 shows floor plan, with 

 location of all fixtures. The houSe 

 for which this plan was originally 

 prepared was to be equipped with 

 trapnests as shown. As a smaller 

 number of hens can be accommo- 

 dated per nest where trap-nests are 

 used, additional nests had to be pro- 

 vided along the wall or partition. 

 The plan for these nests will be 

 found in Chapter X, and a bill of 

 materials given. If ordinary plat- 

 form nests are to be used, the space 



under the platform will accommodate all 

 the nests needed, building them as de- 

 scribed in Chapter X. 



The difficulty of controlling lice and 

 mites is much greater in warm climates 

 than in the north and it is always ad- 

 visable to provide lice-proof metal perch 

 supports, as shown. Where these are 

 installed and properly looked after, 

 there is no possibility of mites passing 

 from the perches to the wall and plat- 

 form, resulting sooner or later in a 

 mite-infested house which can only be 

 cleaned by the most painstaking efforts. Fig. 37 shows 

 the type of rear ventilator in general use in the south. 

 No harm will result from having this open directly into 

 the house, but it is desirable to have the perches suffici- 

 ently below the opening so that the fowls on them will 

 not be in a direct draft. 



FIG. 84 AN OPEN FRONT HOUSE AT GEORGIA 

 EXPERIMENT STATION 



Houses of this general type are in successful use in 

 all parts of the South g-enerally with muslin curtains 

 for additional winter protection. 



The opening for the rear ventilator should be at 

 least 10 inches wide, and should run the entire length of 

 the building. It is enclosed on the inside with one-inch 

 poultry netting. Two six-light window sashes should be 

 placed in the rear wall in each pen, under the droppings 

 platform. These are provided as much for coolness as 

 for light. 



Fig. 81 shows the front elevation, with dimensions 

 of openings, "which may be protected with muslin curtains 

 on the outside of the building, as shown in Fig. 89, on 



FIG. 85 CROSS SECTION OF WARM CLIMATE HOUSE 



