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POULTRY HOUSES AND FIXTURES 



FIG. 120 CROSS SECTION OP GABLE ROOF HOUSE 

 WITH PERCHES AND NESTS 



(not shown in plan) should be provided in each gable. If 

 built of white pine or similar light-weight lumber, a two- 

 horse team will readily haul this house anywhere on rea- 

 sonably level ground. The sills are rounded off at each 

 end, runner-fashion, and suitably bored for attaching 

 hooks or chain to hitch to. 



BILL OF MATERIALS FOR PORTABLE HOUSE 



Use 



Size 

 Inches 



Sills 3x6 



Joists 2x4 



Plates 2x4 



Studs 2x4 



Rafters 2x4 



Perches 2x4 



Support for drop. plat.. 2x4 

 Sheathing: boards for 

 subfloor. roof, nests 



and partitions %xlO 



Matched flooring for 

 floors and drop- 

 pings platform %x4 



Furring % x3 



Window sills 



length 

 Feet 



12 

 10 

 10 

 12 

 12 



No. of 

 Piece* 



2 



6 



2 

 10 



5 



I 



1 



Remarks 



1 piece cut* I 

 1 piece cuts 1 



300 ft. bd. meas. Surfaced. 



415 ft. bd. meas. 

 125 lin. ft. Surfaced. 

 8 lin. ft. Surfaced. 



MATERIAL FOR NESTS 



Door %x7 5 1 



Front base %x6 5 1 



Bottom %x!2 5 1 



Rear base %x4 5 1 



Top strips %x2 10 1 



Uprig-ht 2x4 6 1 



Brackets %x4 8 1 



Surfaced 

 Surfaced 

 Surfaced 

 Surfaced 

 Surfaced 

 Surfaced 

 Surfaced 



1% rolls of prepared roofing. 

 100 sq. ft. sheathing paper. 



2 6-light window sashes, 10xl2-inch glass. 

 L0% sq. ft. muslin. 



23 sq. ft. 1-inch mesh poultry netting for windows, etc. 

 1 pair 8-inch strap hinges for outside door. 

 1 6-inch hasp. 



3 pairs 2-inch hinges for windows and shutters. 

 1 pair 4-inch strap hinges for perch supports. 



1 pair 3-inch strap hinges for nests. 



4 hooks and eyes. 



2 chain sash adjusters. 

 Nails, tacks, paint, etc. 



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I Nests/ 

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FIG. 121 CROSS SECTION OF GABLE ROOF HOUSE 

 WITH BROODING HOVER 



FIG. 122 FLOOR PLAN OF GABLE ROOF HOUSE 



SLED RUNNER COLONY HOUSE 



Being Eleven Feet Deep and Only Seven Feet Wide, the 



Rear is Comfortable and Always Free 



From Drafts. 



By J. W. PARKS 



We have been for a number of years working on a 

 colony house that would not only answer the purpose of 

 raising the chicks, but one that we could fix up at very 

 small cost for winter use. Furthermore, we wanted a 

 house that we could change from a summer to a winter 

 house with a very small expenditure of time, because 

 when one has a great many houses to care for, things 

 must be pretty convenient, as time is one of the most im- 

 portant considerations. These features our colony houses 

 have. 



These houses are 7 feet wide and 11 feet deep, 7 feet 

 high in front and $ l / 2 at back. We like these narrow, 

 deep houses much better than houses more nearly square,' 

 as they hold the heat better in winter, and fowls, when 

 on the perches, are further away from 

 the open front. 



In constructing this house three sled- 

 runners are provided for the back, mid- 

 dle and front. As our houses are to be 

 used on land sloping to the east, we 

 make the front runner 8 inches high, 

 the middle one 6 inches, and the back 

 one 4 inches, which helps to take care 

 of the slope without having to block up 

 the house, and avoids having the litter 

 all work toward the front. Next we cut 

 2x4's, as long as we intend the house to 

 be deep, placing one at each side and 

 one in the middle, notching the runner, so that the 2x4's 

 rest level with the top of the runners. In this way we 

 get a level surface on which to lay the first floor, which 

 must be of tongue-and-groove lumber. Over this sub- 



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FIG. 123. 



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