POULTRY-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 







CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE. 



There are many flocks which do exceptionally well in practically all types and 

 sizes of houses, but for commercial work one desires a house which is cheap, prac- 

 tical, and convenient. One sees instances where flocks of 200 birds do as well as 

 flocks of twenty ; so, therefore, it is hard to lay down a hard-and-fast rule as regards 

 the sizes of pens or numbers to be housed in the flock. For a general laying-house 

 we may say that a house built 14, 16, or 18 feet deep, according to the districts (the 

 colder the district, the deeper the house), 4 feet 6 inches at the back, 8 feet (or 9 

 feet in a house 18 to 22 feet deep) in the highest point of the gable, and 6 feet 

 6 inches in front, making what is termed a " combination roof," will give good success 

 in any part of the Province. This house may be made in any length, and may be 

 divided in pens to accommodate any number of birds the owner wishes to house. 

 The front wall is solid board 1 foot down from the roof. Then there is a 3-foot 

 wire opening extending within 1% feet of each end of the pen or house, whichever 

 the case may be. Over this opening is built a frame curtain on hinges which will 

 swing up snugly against the roof, and built so that it will fit snugly against the 

 opening when closed over it to keep out the rain or snow. (See cut of front 



moNT CLCVATION 



Front section of one pen of the combination-pitch house, 

 14 feet long. In all districts where the temperature drops 

 below 8 Fahr. we would advise 11$ feet of board at either 

 end of opening in place of open front. 



eleTation.) For the distance beyond the opening in each pen one may substitute 

 some glass instead of wood, as shown in the cut below, which will work to good 

 advantage. 



To show the glass arrangement in place of all wood. 



The floor should be double-boarded. In the colder parts of the Province we 

 advise not only breaking the joints, but laying one thickness of building-paper 

 between the floors. 



