CHAPTER IV 



Poultry Quarters 



It is not necessary that poultry houses should be 

 either elaborate or expensive, but it is essential 

 that they be dry, comfortable, pleasant, well ven- 

 tilated, sanitary, convenient and preferably inex- 

 pensive to construct and operate. There is no 

 doubt that many failures to secure good results 

 can be traced to the poultry house itself as a 

 building; for if it is damp, uncomfortable, cheer- 

 less, poorly ventilated, insanitary, inconvenient, 

 or of costly construction, it is sure to produce un- 

 favorable results. Every eflfort should be made to 

 have the house so constructed that the tempera- 

 ture will not fall rapidly when the windows and 

 doors are closed. It is also highly desirable that 

 as much sunlight as possible should be admitted, 

 especially during the winter. This can usually be 

 done by facing the house south and preferably re- 

 lying upon the south side for all the light. 



Where fowls are kept in considerable number, 

 two plans are common — the colony plan and the 

 long-house plan. The colony, theoretically, is con- 

 sidered best because it affords better range, and 

 the fowls are supposed to be healthier and, there- 

 fore, more prolific of eggs than when kept in the 

 long-house system. This is not necessarily sp. 

 There are also great disadvantages in separating 

 the fowls. Among these are the greater amounts 

 of time and labor required to attend to the fowls. 

 Anyone can figure out the cost of attending say a. 



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