SUCCESS WITH POULTRY 



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DESCRIPTION OF HOUSE. 



Designed by F. I. Freeman, Pittsburg, Pa., 

 (or "Success with Poultry." 



Figure 1 is a ground plan of the building which has a 

 total length of 50 feet and a width of 10 feet. The en- 

 closed houses are 10 by 15 feet. The scratching sheds each 

 10 by 10 feet. The building is 8 feet high in front, which 

 faces the south, and 4 feet high at back or north side. 

 There is a solid wall foundation under, the building except 

 front of scratching sheds. This foundation may be built 

 of atone, brick, or concrete whichever is preferred. They 

 must be deep enough to be below frost. The top of foun- 

 dations should be at least 10 inches above the ground. My 

 idea is then to make the floor of the entire house and sheds 

 by filling in first 6 inches of broken stone then cover this 

 with 4 ' inches of gravel and sand, thus bringing the floor 

 of building 10 inches above the ground on tne outside. This 

 will give good drainage and make a warm, dry floor. The 

 walls of the entire building are made of 1 by 12 barn 

 boards, matched and planed on one side. Outside to be 

 painted. The boards on outside to be put oh up and down 

 as shown in figure 3; those on the inside to run lengthwise. 

 By putting the boards on in this way the building will be 

 well braced and strong. AH walls of the enclosed house 

 are double with a 4 inch air space between walls, 'ine 

 inside of outer ■ walls are all lined with tar paper. The 

 walls of the scratching sheds are single. The roof of entire 

 building is first sheeted with rough hemlock boards, then 

 covered with tar paper, then shingled with pine shingles 

 laid 4 inches to the weather. The sills are 4x4 inches. Rafters 

 2x6 inches; balance of frame timber 2x4 inches. There is one 

 window and one ventilator in each of the enclosed houses. 

 Each window has 12 lights of 10x12 glass. The windows are 

 hung on hinges at top and swing' out at bottom, ■ therefore 

 when open rain and snow cannot well blow in. The win- 

 dows are only 2 feet above the floor. The sash, when win- 

 dows are closed, come, against a flat surface (see figure 5), 

 making it an easy matter to equip same with window strips, 

 so that there will be no draft around windows when they 

 are shut. The ventilators are 6 by 12 inches inside and 

 extend down to within 4 inches of the floor; the bottom 

 is open but is provided with a slide to regulate the draft. 

 ' ^Ihe roof of the enclosed houses slope one way (as shown in 

 figure 5) while the roof of the scratching sheds slope both 

 ways (as shown in figure 4). The object of this is to pre- 

 vent the snow or rain to some extent from blowing into the 

 sheds. There is also a curtain door in front of « the open- 

 ings that can be let down when necessary to keep out storms. 

 There are two yards or runs for this building, each yard is 

 25 feet wide and 100 feet long. Twenty-five feet of the 

 lower end is fenced off from main yard and is intended to 

 te plowed and planted with something for green food. The 

 birds to be allowed to run in this part, of the yards part 

 of each day to get the green fod. It is my intention to 

 plant fruit trees in these yards not only for shade for the 

 birds but for profit. These trees are to be set in rows so 

 as not to interfere with plowing of yards when necessary. 

 Gates are arranged so that caretaker can pass from yard 

 to yard without going through buildings and doors arranged 

 so caretaker can go from pen to pen and through build- 

 ings without going dutside of buildings. The arrangement 

 of dropping board, roosts and nest boxes are shown in 

 figure 5, also figure 2. The dropping board is 3 feet high in 

 front, is hinged to wall at back and can be drawn up to 

 roof out of the way in the day time. The supports for 

 roosts are let into the dropping board but not fastened to 



same so that they can be taken out and cleaned. The 

 roosts and supports for same are made of 2x4 lumber, the 

 roosts rounded some at top. The nest boxes are 12 inches 

 high, ,12 inches wide and 15 inches deep. The openings to' 

 nest boxes faces back aide of building. There is a passage- 

 way for hens 12 inches wide and 12 inches high between 

 the front of nest boxes and back of building; this makes 

 nest boxes dark and secluded, as I understand they should 

 ze. The -rent of boxes are closed up at bottom for a dis- 

 tance of 3 inches. The back is entirely closed by doors to 

 each box which can be opened to take out the eggs. There 

 is a ladder that runs from floor of house to each end of 

 passage-way, so that hens can easily walk up to same. The 

 nest boxes are made in separate pieces, that is the top of 

 boxes is in one piece, the bottom in one piece, and the cen- 

 ter in one piece, so that all pieces can be easily taken out 

 separately and cleaned. The bottom of the nest boxes is 

 18 inches high from -the floor so that birds can go under it, 

 therefore the floor space in house is not lessened. The legs 

 that support bottom of the nest boxes are hinged to bottom 

 so will fold up when boxes are .taken down for cleaning. 

 The top and bottom of nest boxes are held in position 

 against the back wall of house with pins* which can be 

 taken out when boxes are removed for cleaning. 



Portable Poultry House. 



The illustration shows a portable poultry house, which 

 can be taken down and removed at any time by unhooking 

 and hooking it together. We show herewith an illustration 

 of a ehea^p portable poultry house. 



In putting this house together, make each end in one 

 piece; the top should be made in three pieces; the back low- 

 er side in one piece and the front in three pieces, so that 

 it can be hinged each way over the window in front, so as 

 to save the glass from breaking in the window. Clasp it in 

 the corner with hooks and eyes, clasp the top upon it with 

 hooks and eyes. Nail the strip along the edge underneath 

 the top so that when the roof is set upon the house, it" will 

 hold itself. Then, use your hooks and eyes for keeping it 

 together. 



This house has a floor space of 12,500 square inches. The 

 dimensions are 8x10 feet on the floor; height in front, 7 feet; 

 height in back, 3 feet. The front has an 18 inch pitch. 

 It has one window and one door. It should be built so that 

 when the window faces the south, the door will be in the 

 east end, and when folding together, the window is shield- 

 ed so that there is no danger of breakage. It should" be 

 painted with two coats of red mineral paint, and it is just 

 the thing for the village or city poultryman. Th'e following 

 is the bill of lumber for this poultry house. 



Portable Poultry House, 8x10 Feet. 



flooring 



3 pieces 10' X i "x%" 



2 " 3' X 2K"x%" 



1 sash 12"xU 

 Flooring 



2 pleee2 10' x 4 

 Flooring 



i pieces 8' X 4 

 7' X 4 

 3'x 4 

 2'x 4 



: light 



2 



12 

 3 

 11 



"x?i" 



"XX" 

 "x%" 

 "x%" 

 'x%" 



stays to nail to 

 Window casing 



Stays to nail to 



75 

 10 



38 



7 



100 



feet ■ 



Front 



8'xlO "x%" 

 10' X 4 "XX" 

 8' X 3 "XX" 



Stays to nail to 



Barnsldlng 



Stays to nail to 



Btttens 



80 

 10 

 22 



teet ) 



'» f 



feet 1 



feet 



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