POULTRY HOUSE SYMPOSIUM 



PROMINENT POULTRYMEN GIVE THEIR OPINIONS ON POULTRY BUILDINGS— COLONY HOUSES 

 RECOMMENDED FOR POULTRY OF ALL AGES AND PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNG STOCK 



.In this symposium a number of the leading American 

 breeders express their opinions concerning the preferred styles 

 of poultry houses. The following questions were sent out to a 

 large number of breeders all over the country: 



Q. 23. Whfit style of house do you prefer, as a fancier, 

 for breeding stock? 



Q. 24. ■ What style of house for young stock? 



Q. 25. Do you favor the colony plan for housing young 

 stock? 



Q 26. If so, what, style of colony house do you use? 



The answers to these questions will be foxmd under the 

 name of each breeder making a reply, and each answer is given 

 the same number as the question asked. Study and comparison 

 of these answers will prove exceedingly interesting to those who 

 contemplate erecting poultry buildings. The answers are given 

 briefly and get right down to business without any waste of 

 words. 



Many of the poultry buildings herein recommended,notably 

 the A. F. Himter scratching shed house, the fresh-air colony 

 house, apex or A shaped house, and small colony houses, are 

 described and fully illutrated in the book of the R. P. J. series 

 entitled Poultry Houses and Fixtures, in which book com- 

 plete information as to specifications and building instructions 

 is given in detail, so that any person who is at all familiar with 

 the use of carpenter's tools can easily erect such buildings as 

 he may desire. 



I. K. FELCH, Natick, Mass. 



BREEDER OF LIGHT BRAHMAS, WHITE WYANDOTTES. BARRED AND 

 WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. A two-story house; birds learn to go up and 

 down stairs. The yards can be planned to cover the greatest 

 number of feet, with the least cost for fencing, and the flock 

 cared for with the least labor. 



A. 24. Colonize the young stock where they can have the 

 greatest Uberty to glean from the fields the slugs, insects and 

 worms. Keep no more than 25 to 40 in these small houses, 

 placing the houses as far as possible in shaded retreats. 



A. 25. Yes. I colonize'my standard-bred stock and give 

 them the Uberty of the. farm. 



A. 26. Most anything does for colonizing chicks; abso- 

 lute free air open sheds. If a chicken lives practically in the 

 open air until the middle of October, it is best to get them into 

 winter quarters before the frosty nights come. Plan for free 

 ventilation of the winter houses. 



A. C. HAWKINS, Lancaster, Mass. 



WHITE, BUFF AND BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, SILVER, 

 BUFF AND WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. I prefer a house with shed attached or a house 

 with open shed underneath, so that the fowls can have exercise 

 in the open air in all kinds of weather. 



A. 24. For young stock I prefer a colony coop 4 by 8 ft. 

 with floor and covered with J-inch mesh wire netting. I put 



fifty chicks with four hens in such a coop and leave the chicks 

 there until matured. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. A coop 4 by 8 feet, 3 feet high in front and 2 J 

 feet in rear, boarded on back and ends with J-inch mesh wire 

 in front. 



J. C. FISHEL & SON, Hope, Ind. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. Colony house with large yards, plenty of shade, 

 and set well in blue grass; never put in so many birds as to ruin 

 the growth of the grass. 



A. 24. Same style, not too many in house and yard. 



A. 25. To some extent, only let them have free range. 



A. 26. Simply a shed-roof house about 8 by 10 or 12 feet 

 according to the flock, but be careful not to crowd; there is 

 where so many make a mistake. 



W. W. KULP, Pottstown, Pa. 



S. C. AND R. C. WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS, WHITE WYANDOTTES, 

 BUFF AND BARRED ROCKS AND PEKIN DUCKS 



A. 23. I prefer a very good and handy house but use 

 common ones. I prefer a house with a scratching shed, as the 

 fowls like the open air. Any kind of a plain room cannot be 

 improved on with the sides double, and enough windows to 

 light it well. An alleyway makes the feeding and watering 

 simpler but makes the room smaller or causes more expense. 



A. 24. All my houses are plain shed roof houses, most of 

 them alone in a yard. This is of great benefit to the birds but 

 adds to the labor. 



A. 25. I like the young to have all the room possible to 

 range. 



ALBERT F. DIKEMAN, So. Peabody, Mass. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES AND WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. Shed roof, low at back. Absolutely wind and 

 weather proof at back, ends and roof; high enough in front to 

 allow Sim to penetrate to back wall; pens twelve feet deep and 

 ten feet wide. Two window openings in each pen (in front), 

 one filled with a frame, this being covered with coarse burlap, 

 the other to contain two sash (6 lights each) 10 by 13 inches; 

 top sash hinged at top to swing out, thus keeping out both snow 

 and rain. All fixtures, except dropboards, removable, and all 

 easily cleaned. 



A. 24. Open front colony house with hinged hood in 

 front, arranged to turn' back on bright days and to fit any 

 desired slant at other times. Floor 5 by 8 feet, back three 

 feet high, front five feet; front tight boarded from floor up 

 2 feet. 



A. 25. Most emphatically. 



A. 26. Fully answered in 24. 



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