POULTRY HOUSES 1& 



closing the door openings with a wire-covered or a slat 

 framework. These frames should also be hinged to 

 the upper edge of the house so as to open inside. 



Perhaps the most important feature of the house is 

 the provision made for ventilation. Openings are left 

 above the door on each side of the building, through 

 which air enters and passes out of the building as shown 

 by the arrows v in Fig. 10 (&). The amount of air 

 entering the building during cold weather and the 

 danger from drafts may be lessened by covering the 

 openings with a short curtain of burlap, and during 

 particularly severe weather the opening above the door 

 in the rear may be entirely closed by packing it. 

 When more air is needed than can be furnished by 

 the openings above the doors, the side doors may be 

 opened as shown by the dotted lines in (&), or the roof 

 may be raised as shown in (c). A frame / covered 

 with cloth or heavy paper is attached to the roof by 

 means of short chains *; when the roof is closed, this 

 frame rests on slats as shown in (&) and forms a dead 

 air space, which protects the fowls from cold caused 

 by snow and ice on the roof during the winter. The 

 frame may be removed in the summer time. 



The construction of the end walls of the building is 

 shown in Fig. 11 (a) and (cf). At both ends of the 

 house are detachable boxes M, one of which is arranged 

 as a feed trough with divisions for grit, shell, etc., 

 which the fowls can obtain from the inside of the hopper. 

 The other box is provided with nests and a compartment 

 for a drinking pan. The pan may be removed and rilled 

 from the outside by means of the trap door g in 

 the box. The fowls have access to the water and nests 

 through the openings w and n in Fig. 10 (&). The 

 boxes are attached to the house by means of the hooks o 

 and may be quickly removed for cleaning. As shown 

 in the plans, the top of the box is hinged so that the 

 eggs may be readily removed from the nest boxes or a 

 new supply of food conveniently placed in the feed 

 hoppers. 



