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POULTRY HOUSES AND FIXTURES 



FIG. 112 DETAIL OF FEED TROUGH AND WATER. VESSEL, IN 

 BREEDING HOUSE 



The feed trough, hinged at bottom, is shown open for filling from the 

 passageway, in Fig. 1. A cross section of open trough is shown in Fig 2 

 When feed is placed in trough and closed it is in position shown in Fig 3 

 and fowls in pen have full access to contents. Door giving access to water 

 vessel is also shown in Fig. 1, while Fig. 5 shows door closed. Fig. 4 shows 

 cress section of trough when open for filling. 



CONVENIENT EIGHT-PEN BREEDING HOUSE 



Just Right for a Number of Single Pens. Passageway 



Simplifies Care of Flocks and Avoids Dis- 



turbing the Fowls. 



gone to roost. When enclosed in this 

 roosting closet there is practically no 

 danger of combs and wattles being 

 injured by freezing, no matter how 

 cold it may get. As ventilation is 

 generally inadequate under such con- 

 ditions, however, the front curtain 

 should only be let down in the sever- 

 est weather. 



In order to prevent drafts through 

 the house, alternate cross-partitions 

 are ceiled from floor to roof. The 

 other cross-partitions are boarded up 

 tight to a height of three feet from 

 the floor and covered with two-inch 

 mesh netting from that point to the 

 roof. 



For the breeding pen, trap-nests 

 should be used. Full details of differ- 

 ent styles of such nests are given in 

 Chapter X. 



Fig. 110 shows the floor plan of 

 this house, with arrangements of par- 

 titions, droppings platforms, perches, 

 etc., clearly indicated. 



Fig. 109 gives front elevation, 



showing windows, muslin shutters, yards, doors, etc. 

 Fig. Ill is a cross section of the house, showing par- 



Poultrymen, as a rule, do not now favor laying houses 

 with a passageway in the rear, and there are a number 

 of practical objections to this feature. Under some condi- 

 tions, however, and especially when a number of small 

 breeding pens are to be provided for, such passageways are 

 quite convenient. The plan shown herewith has proved 

 especially satisfactory. 



This house may be built any length, but as here out- 

 lined is 96 feet 6 inches long and 16 feet wide, with a 

 three-foot alleyway. There are eight pens, each with a 

 capacity of 25 to 35 hens in laying flocks and about half 

 this number if the birds are to be used as breeders. Board 

 floor and post foundation are indicated, but a concrete 

 foundation and floor will be found to be much cheaper in 

 the long run, as well as more sanitary and durable, also 

 rat-proof. If a board floor is decided upon it should be 

 made double, as shown in Fig. 14, on page 16, especi- 

 ally where winters are cold. 



All walls are ceiled with ^4-inch beaded 

 ceiling, but no ceiling is provided overhead, 

 though this is recommended for extreme, cli- 

 mates. The roof is supported on a 4x4-inch 

 girder resting on 2x4-inch studs that form 

 part of the alleyway partition. One by six- 

 inch tie pieces are run from the rear wall to 

 the alleyway studs, as in Fig. Ill, and no 

 other tying or bracing is required. 



In order to protect the combs of valuable 

 breeders, a roosting closet is provided in each 

 pen. Canvas partitions extend from the drop- 

 pings boards to the roof and the alley parti- 

 tion back of the perches also is canvas, the 

 lower part being made in the form of a shut- 

 ter so that the platform may be cleaned from 

 the alley. In front of the perches a muslin- 

 covered shutter is provided (see Fig. Ill) 

 which can be lowered after the fowls have 



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FIG. 113 FRAMING FRONT OF BREEDING HOUSE 



tition, nests, and a cross section of the roosting closet. 

 Note that the outside doors of the house are double 

 boarded, inside boards being placed diagonally and outside 

 boards perpendicularly. Fig. 107 gives a section of the 

 pen front or inside elevation of pen, showing partition 

 doors, wire partition, canvas doors in front of perches 

 and solid canvas partition from perches to roof. 



FIG. 114 PARTITION IN BREEDING HOUSE FOR MILD CLIMATES 

 Reproduced from Farmers' Bulletin 574, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 



