POULTRY HOUSE PLANT 



A. B. TODD, Vermillion, Ohio 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 



A. '23. I prefer a house 8 by 10 feet, 4i feet high at the. 

 back, 6i feet in front, with removable droppings board 2 feet 

 from floor, with drop curtain in front of same, with a 2 by 4 

 foot window, and with frame to fit same covered with water- 

 proof sheeting. 



A. 24. For young stock or growing chicks I prefer same 

 style house as above described, with droppings board removed 

 until chicks are old enough to roost on perches. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. Same style as described in 4. 23 and 24. 



A. 24. We use the small colony houses, taking a box 

 3 by 4 walled up tight all but in front, and we use a slat door 

 with wire on the inside opening and a good tight roof; build the 

 box up six^ inches from groxmd with good flow, so as to keep dry 

 and warm. 



A. 25. Yes, we favor the colony houses for yoimg stock 

 as we get far better results, as overcrowding is the cause of so 

 many failures and the loss of so many young chicks. 



A. 26. We use the plan of coops as described above and 

 make them 3 by 4, placing 25 chicks to a coop and six coops 

 to an acre lot. 



CHAS. E. VASS, Washington, N. J. 



S. C. AND R. C. BUFF ORPINGTONS AND S. C. WHITE AND 

 BLACK ORPINGTONS 



A. 23. I prefer houses not over 30 feet in length, 10 or 

 12 feet wide, divided in three sections; they will always be easily 

 cleaned and free from disease, the length not allowing much 

 draft. 



A. 24. Colony 6 by 8 feet with open front, in order to 

 have fresh air in the hot summer nights; goo(i idea is wire fronts 

 to protect chicks from vermin. 



A. 25. We certainly do. Poultry will not thrive if 

 allowed to run together in large flocks. 



BRADLEY BROS., Lee, Mass. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A. 23. Shed and closed house, hallway, a long building; 

 not too many cubic feet above 5 feet high. , Not much glass. 

 Good ventilation. 



A. 24. Similar to A. 23. Plenty air, tight except front; 

 around floor boarded tight; 3 feet high from floor, air space 

 above that. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. Shed beneath, roosting room above, which is 

 boarded halt way up from its floor, then wire front, and swing 

 doors which when opemmake it still more of an open shed. A 

 window or- a Uttle glass in these would be a benefit. 



G. W. BROWN, Camden, Arkansas 



WHITE WYANDOTTES, BARRED ROCKS, INDIAN GAMES, BUFF COCHINS, 

 LIGHT BRAHMAS, LEGHORNS, PIT GAMES, WILD 



AND BRONZE TURKEYS 



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A. 23. I have experimented with dozens of houses, try- 

 ing the open and closed, as well as artificially heated houses, 

 but as my experience has been confined only to the south, I 

 say beyond any doubt the best houses for the south are open, 

 well ventilated houses; in fact, we let our houses face south and 

 the north, east and west sides are walled up tight, with a large 

 glass window in the south; this window is kept wide open all 

 the year round, with a few exceptions, and over the opening we 

 use wire netting. We found that the closed tight houses in 

 damp weather would give our birds colds and roup, for while 

 they would be all right in dry, warm weather, when turned out 

 of this warm house on cold, wet, damp days, it would throw 

 them all off their feed; but with the (ipen fresh air, they become 

 accustomed to the changes on the outside and keep in the very 

 best health. 



B. S. HUME,. French Village, 111. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. My style of house would be 16 to 20 feet wide and 

 any length you desire; 6 feet high on sides and sloped from the 

 center each way about one foot fall. This house should be built 

 on a southern slope, with glass front f^rCing the south, with 

 north wall made of cinderoid; this is made of one part cement, 

 three parts sand, and five parts cinders. Mix thoroughly and 

 wet before using. A three-foot hallway next to the cinderoid 

 wall the whole length of the builhing, then divide the house up 

 into pens to suit. 



A. 24. Something similar to the above 



A. 25. I certainly do. 



A. 26. Take old piano boxes and saw them through, and 

 each box will'naake two colony coops large enough for 40 chicks 

 as large as grown quails. ^ 



N. v.. FOGG, Mt. Sterling, Ky. 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 



A. 23. For breeding stock I use a house 10 feet wide and 

 12 feet long, 7 feet high in front and 5 feet in rear, for each 

 breeding pen of one cock and 15 hens. This gives them plenty 

 of room. I also use a continuous house with pen 6 by 8 feet 

 for scratching shed and one 6 by 8 feet for roosting and laying 

 room for each breeding pen of one cook and 15 hens; both have 

 given good results. These houses are built with bam siding 

 and then covered with a good quahty of roofing paper; the 

 sides and ends are also covered with the same paper and all kept 

 well painted. For windows in these houses I use glass, just 

 an ordinary sized window, and then on the inside I have a 

 frame covered with heavy canvas which is dropped down at 

 night over the window. 



A. 24. If one has a good range I would prefer the colony 

 plan. 



.4, 25. I use a house about 3 feet by 6 feet, 3 feet high 

 in front and 2 feet rear, when chicks are first taken from the 

 brooder. These houses are built warm and in front are made 

 BO as to give plenty of fresh air at all times. Do not place over 

 25 or 30 young birds in these houses and you will have fine birds 

 for winter quarters, if they have the right kind of feed. 



EDW. E. LING, So. Portland, Me. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES 



A. 23. Scratching shed house. 



A. 24. Movable colony house. 



A. 25. Yes. 



A. 26. One that can be readily moved. 



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