

.PERMANENT BROODER HOUSES 



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A SINGLE COMPARTMENT COLONY BROODER 



HOUSE 



This Portable House Can Be Moved With a Two-Horse 



Team if Light-Weight Lumber is Used in 



Building It. 



Where a single compartment house for colony 

 brooding is required, the plans shown in Figs. 146, 147 

 and 148 will be found practical and economical. These 

 plans were prepared by the Poultry Division of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture and houses constructed from 

 them are in use on the Government Experiment Farm at 

 Beltsville, near Washington, D. C. 



The plans provide for a lOxlO-foot house, on runners 

 for convenient moving, and its general outlines are easily 

 understood from the drawings. All dimensions are indi- 

 cated. The floor is of tongue-and-groove flooring, laid 

 on 2x6-inch joists set 2 feet apart. Rafters are 2 feet 

 apart, and corners and runners are thoroughly braced. 

 Following is the bill of materials required: 



10 ft. 

 12 ft. 



125 sq. ft. T & G flooring 7 / 8 x2% in. 

 325 sq. ft. T & G flooring- %x2V& in. 



6 pcs. 2x6 inch x 10 ft. for joists. 



2 pcs. 4x6 in. x 12 ft. for runners. 



6 pcs. 2x4 in. x 14 ft. for rafters. 

 16 pcs. 2x4 in. x 12 ft. for braces and studs. 

 150 sq. ft. sheathing %x!2 in. x 12 ft., surfaced 1 side. 

 1% rools roofing paper. 



4 sashes, 2 ft. square. 



2 sashes 18x24 inches. 



Nails, screws, hinges, and paint. 



TWO COMPARTMENT COLONY BROODING 

 HOUSE 



jquires Less Fuel, is More Comfortable, and More 

 Adaptable to Changing Weather Conditions Than 

 Single Compartment Houses. 



Brooding with colony hovers heated by means of oil 

 coal-burning stoves is a comparatively new method, but 

 one that has become extremely popular wherever chicks 

 are raised in large numbers, and that has practically revo 

 lutionized general brooding practice. 



As a rule, these hovers are placed in any buildings 

 that happen to be available, and usually with good re- 

 sults. Large brooder flocks necessarily require much 



FIG. 148 TWO-SECTION MUSLIN COVERED FRAME 



This two-section shutter is so made that the upper 

 part can be opened to provide needed ventilation when 

 it is not desirable to have entire shutter open. A cross 

 section of shutter is shown at left. The middle button 

 at top holds upper section firmly in place when closed. 

 The buttons on either side are attached to the frame 

 of section and act as stops. 



FIG. 149 FLOOR PLAN OF SINGLE 1 PEN HOUSE FOR 

 COLONY HOVER 



From blue print furnished by Poultry Division of U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



greater floor space than is provided for flocks of 50 to 100, 

 and larger houses or rooms, combined with the method of 

 heating employed, frequently develop floor drafts to some 

 extent. These must be reckoned with, especially in cold- 

 weather brooding. One of the ways of preventing this 

 trouble is to build the house so that it can be divided into 

 two parts of about equal dimensions, placing the hover 

 in one section which is built quite warm but well lighted, 

 the other section being used as an exercising compartment 

 and generally built with a curtain front. 



The house illustrated in Figs. 150 and 152 has been 

 carefully designed to meet the special requirements of 



FJG. 150 CROSS SECTION OF TWO COMPARTMENT 

 HOUSE FOR COLONY HOVER 



