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POULTRY HOUSES AND FIXTURES 



their own heat, which is essential for their comfort in 

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Run the boards up and down in the two ends also, 

 with the smooth side out, covering all the inside with 

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PIG. 97 PLANS FOR BUILDING THE WESTERN WASHINGTON POULTRY 



HOUSE FOR COMMERCIAL FLOCKS 



House as here planned is to be built with a board floor, but a concrete 

 floor is recommended wherever possible to provide it. The house for which 

 this plan was originally prepared was to be equipped with trap-nests, but 

 regular platform nests may be used instead. Note the incline at each end 

 of the house leading up to door, which is 16 inches above ground level. Note, 

 also, manner of constructing dust bath, shown in cross section at lower 

 right-hand corner. Reproduced from West. Washington Monthly Bulletin. 



6 feet 6 inches high. The front wall is seven feet high. 

 It consists of one 12-inch board at the bottom, a 4-foot 

 opening the entire length, and two 12-inch boards cleated 

 together one above the other at the top. The 7-inch 

 rafter notches are cut in the top board every 3 feet to 

 correspond with the rear notches. 



Roof. The front rafters are 2x6 inches 12-foot long 



and the rear 2x6 inches 14-foot long with a 3-foot cave 

 in front and a 1-foot eave in the rear. This 3-foot eave 

 in front gives a sightly appearance to the coop and af- 

 fords the necessary protection to the opening with its 

 curtain and the feed trough, which is required in this 

 particularly rainy climate. We use an 

 18-inch eave over the gable ends with 

 a 6-inch face board. This protects the 

 ends, and especially the doors, so that 

 they don't swell up and refuse to latch 

 The comb of the Toof is 10 feet from 

 the floor. Use 10-inch shiplap for the 

 sheathing boards. Shingles make the 

 most durable roof, but require an enorm- 

 ous amount of labor and time to lay and 

 are not as warm as the prepared roofing. 

 The cost, exclusive of labor, is about 

 the same. 



Use Ix6-in. x 16-ft. for rafter collar 

 beams, bringing them down as low as 

 is consistent with ample head room. 

 These act as girds and really hold the 

 building together. 



The Floor If cement is used, use one 

 and one-half inches of a 1-3-5 mixture 

 for the base and one-half inch of a 1-1 

 mixture for the top. If boards, use 2x4 

 joists, supported every 5 feet on 4x4 

 sills, made of 2x4's spiked together. No. 

 3, 4-inch flooring gives a satisfactory 

 chicken coop floor. 



Dusting Bath Reserve 18 inches of 

 the entire length of the front floor area 

 of the coop for a dusting bath. This 

 bath should be on the original soil, not 

 on the floor of the coop. It should be 

 at least 18 inches below the top of the 

 12-inch board retaining the litter. If on 

 top of the real ground it will stay moist 

 and give more satisfaction to the birds, 

 and besides will not need replenishing 

 nearly so often. If too near the top of 

 the litter board the birds will hop out 

 with several pounds of dirt on their 

 feathers and immediately shake it off on 

 the nice clean litter. This dust bath is 

 placed where the sun strikes it and 

 makes the ideal location for all the 

 water and milk receptacles, which are set 

 in racks directly over it. 



The rolling curtain illustrated in Fig. 

 96 can be either raised or lowered in 

 a few seconds, and can easily be hand- 

 led in one curtain 6 feet wide and 20 

 feet long by one winding of -the crank 

 at the end. When not in use it is rolled 

 up at least a foot above the opening 

 under the eave and is kept perfectly 

 clean and dry and ready for instant use 

 whenever needed. The anchor ropes L 

 and K wind up as the curtain comes 

 down, and lock it at any height the operator chooses. 

 The guard rails J placed at intervals of about 20 feet 

 prevent the curtain sagging out when a door of the coop 

 is opened, and an outward pressure of air is created. 



The roller is built up of 2-inch half rounds, which are 

 nailed firmly together, enclosing the bottom of the cur- 

 tain. This roller can be made any desired length simply 



