THE POULTRY PLANT 



ROWLAND G. BUFFINTON, Somerset, Mass 



BUFF, SILVER PENCILED AND COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES, BUFF AND PART- 

 RIDGE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, BUFF ORPINGTONS, R. I. REDS, BUFF, 

 BLACK, WHITE AND PARTRIDGE COCHIN BANTAMS 



A. 23. Colony houses have given us the best results, 

 having tried houses 200 feet long and cut them up for the colony- 

 plan. Conditions are changing; we need houses to s§,ve labor 

 and have in mind plans for a 200 hen house for one flock. 



A. 24. We find nearly all of the chicken colony houses 

 suitable for the purpose. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. Piano boxes placed on the side and roof raised to 

 make one pitch. 



W. B. CANDEE, De Witte, N. Y. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. Long house, not less than 18 or 20 feet wide; 

 alley on north side, pen^ in south. Separate yards for each 

 pen. 



A. 24. Colony houses for young stock with free range, 

 house to be 6 feet square, shed roof 5i feet high in front and 

 4 feet in back, sides of matched stuff, paper roof, door in front 

 2 feet wide, chick sUde about 8 by 10 in window, 6 light 8 by 10, 

 window hinged at top to swing in, opening covered on outside 

 with 1-inch wire mesh netting. 



A. 25. Yes, after the chicks have been kept in the 

 nursery brooder for at least six weeks. 



J. H. JACKSON, Hudson, Mass. 



WHITE VITYANDOTTES 



A. 23. I prefer a one slant roof high enough in front Jo, 

 walk through; slant to about 5 feet in rear, face south if possible. 

 No rear walk, go right through pens; the birds are not so wild 

 being among therfl, a good point in breeding fancy or show fowls. 



A. 24. On colony plan that would hold about 30 to 

 maturity. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. A slant roof, from size of a dry goods box to 10 

 feet in length. 



W. R. CURTISS & CO., Ransomville, N. Y. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES, S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS AND 

 MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKS 



A. 23. We prefer colony houses and lots of range. 



A. 24. Pipe system for starter; transfer to colony house 

 on range. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. We use Apex house 6 by 8, on skids to move 

 easily. 



WILBER BROS., Petros, Tenn. 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 



A. 23. We use and much prefer, especially in the south 

 where our winters are mild and summers warm, the open-front 

 scratching shed style. Probably this style of house would not 

 suit the northern or eastern breeders in their deep snows and 

 zero weather. It gives great satisfaction south where the 

 winters are mild and deep snows seldom seen, and birds can be 

 on groimd most every day in the year. 



A. 24. For young growing stock we plrefer and use 

 movable houses made of light wood and often piano boxes or 

 large dry goods boxes, well covered and ventilated, that we can 

 move often from place to place .that birds may have new range. 



A. 25. We certainly approve and use colony houses for 

 young stock. 



A. 26, We make our colony houses, as answered in a 

 previous question. 



WILLOW BROOK FARM, W. L. DAVIS, 

 Berlin, Conn. 



S. C. BUFF. BLACK AND WHITE ORPINGTONS 



A. 23. I consider a colony house preferable for breeding, 

 especially for fancy stock, with plenty of room and green rxms 

 continually. 



A. 24. I Uke the style of house that we build ourselves 

 here at Willow Brook Farm. 



A. 25. Colony houses for young stock is the proper 

 method. We use them exclusively at our farm, and have met 

 with the best of results. 



A. 26. We use a small 3 by 6 foot shed-roofed colony 

 house. We generally plan to have about 15 to 20 birds in 

 each house. 



THOMAS F. RIGG. low^a Falls, Iowa. 



HOUDANS AND WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. Detached houses, each with roosting pen and 

 scratching shed; three to four feet between ceiling joist and roof, 

 this space filled in with oat straw. In such a house there can be 

 no frost or dampness. 'Air will be pure and 'fowls healthy. 

 Never again. wiU I have a closed ceiling in a poultry house. 



A. 24i Roomy colony houses'. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. Shed-roof building 12 by 16 feet, facing east. 

 Our prevailing winds and storms are from the south-west in 

 the summer and fall and spring.' 



H. J. BLANCHARD. Groton, N. Y. 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS , 



A. 23. Colony plan, double slant third pitch roof with 

 straw loft system of , ventilation in gable, warmly built and 

 supplied with glass windows and also muslin covered frames to 

 slide in the opening in place of the glass windows when wanted 

 for ventilation. Also prefer board floors. With this style 

 house the birds can be kept comfortable in extremely cold as 

 well as in mild weather. 



A. 24. Colony plan 12 by 20, double slant third pitch 

 roof, board floor. Two windows, 6 Ughts 9 by 13 in south side, 

 door 40 inches wide in each end at south side, opening outward, 

 also slatted doors at same opening swinging inward, for addi- 

 tional ventilation in hot weather. 



A. 25. I do. 



A. 26. Described in 24. 



O. E. SKINNER. Columbus. Kansas 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, BUFF AND PARTRIDGE COCHINS 



A. 23. I use an inexpensive house on the isolated plan. 

 I have one house on the collective plan, 102 feet long, but my 

 isolated (colony) houses give me the best results. My breeding 

 pens are 8 by 10 with scratching shed. For young stock 8 



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