COLONY HOUSES 



When the chicks are about six weeks of age 

 they are taken out of the brooder house if 

 the weather is reasonably good. If the 

 weather is cold and wet, they are kept in the 

 brooder house another week or more. The 

 arrangements for ventilating and heating in 

 the brooder house are such that the chicks 

 always get plenty of fresh air, and can always 

 get away from the pipes if they feel too 

 warm. The danger of too much heat, which 

 is weakening, is thus reduced to a minimum. 



The colony houses are only used until the 

 pullets are ready to go into the laying houses. 

 Any style of house will serve provided there 

 is plenty of air and the floor is dry. I use 

 a sort of miniature laying house, four by 

 five feet with glass in front. The air comes 

 in under the hood as in my laying houses. 

 Three perches can be put in, and a detachable 

 arrangement, which looks like a nest box 

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