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48. Houses for Separate, or Detached Brooders. — The pipe brooder 
house can be used only to brood chicks; its arrangement makes it unsuitable 
for housing stock, Besides this, the brooder being built into the house, if 
once it becomes infested with lice 
there is great difficulty in getting rid 
of them. Some poultrymen use 
detached brooder houses like that 
shown in Fig. 33. In this is placed 
a small brooder, which is removed 
when the chicks no longer need the 
heat. Roosts may then be put in, 
and the chicks kept in the same 
house until grown. Fig. 34 shows 
Fig. 33. A Detached Brooder House. how this simple detached brooder 
house has been developed into a long house with a separate compartment for 
each brooder. This house has no walk. Communication between pens is 
through doors, near the front in the partitions. There are yards, as wide as 
the sections of the house, and as long as wanted, and the house can be used 
for laying stock, for surplus cockerels, or for fattening stock. 
49. Fences.-——- The fence question is a very simple one. The fence 
must be high enough to prevent the fowls from flying over; strong enough to 
stand a stiff wind storm without damage. Contiguous yards in which adult 
males are kept must have at least the first 2 ft. in height, of tight boards. 
The common fencing materials are lath, wire netting, and woven wire. 
Wire fences give best satisfaction. Lath fences are sometimes preferred for 
the shade they afford. It is better to use wire, and make shelters in the yards. 
For movable fences wire is now always used. The height of fence needed 
is: for Asiatics, 3 to 4 ft.; for American varieties, 5 to 6 it. ; for small breeds, 
5 to 6 ft., according to size of yard; small yards require higher fences. If 
fowls are not kept in bounds by a 6-ft. fence their wings should be clipped, 
or the run covered with netting of 3-in. mesh. 
Fig. 34. A Brooder and Surplus Stock House. 
