12 POULTRY HOUSES 



roosts r are located 8 in. above it. In the rear and 

 above the roosts is a shelter e, which forms a hood 

 about the roost. The air circulates about the roosting 

 place, behind this shelter, and in between the studding. 

 The interior of the roosting place is ventilated by the 

 opening v. Both ends of the roosting place must be 

 closed, as shown at the end g. The curtain / may be 

 turned down over the front of the roosts to the level 

 of the top of the roosts, leaving an open space between 

 the lower edge of the curtain frame and the board p. 

 When the curtain is down, the ventilator v in the 

 top of the shelter should be open. The frame covered 

 with cloth, as shown at c, is used to close the window 

 opening, as previously described. The nest boxes 

 are placed 1 ft. from the partition, so as to permit 

 the hens to get on the nests from the rear. 



HOUSE FOR LAYING HENS 



Although fresh-air houses may be cold during the 

 winter months, on account of their dryness they are 

 well adapted for laying hens. Many types of open- 



front houses are used. The size of the houses in the 

 colony system, if that system is practiced, depends, of 

 course, on the number of fowls to be provided for. A 

 large number of hens may be housed and cared for 

 more economically in large pens than in small ones. 

 The one-room open-front house is especially adapted 

 for farm flocks of poultry. The house shown in 



