POULTRY QUARTERS 65. 



lap or matched stuff for the ends. It is desirable 

 tliat not more than 50 chicks be kept in one colony 

 house, and that each flock have a grass plot of at 

 least 1,000 square feet, unless the chicks can have 

 free range. 



These houses are also useful to shelter brooders 

 in the early part of the season. If the houses have 

 a floor space of 6x6 they will each accommodate 

 50 chicks without crowding, and when the chicks 

 are old enough to do without the brooder they can 

 be allowed to range from the house itself, thus 

 becoming accustomed to their quarters from the 

 very first. A convenient size for the house illus- 

 trated is 6x6 on the floor and 7 feet to the peak. 

 These allow a man to stand up inside and to attend 

 to the brooder and chicks without inconvenience. 

 They can be built of odds and ends of material, but 

 if new material must be bought, and if the house is 

 painted, as it should be, it would cost about $8. If 

 unbolted and stored under cover as intended, such 

 houses should last for many years, so the first cost 

 would be insignificant compared with the life of 

 the houses themselves. 



