TYPES OF HOUSES 



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Two Types of Houses. — There are two general types of 

 houses ; namely, the colony house or disconnected unit, 

 and the continuous, or connected type. The latter is really 

 a multiplication of colony houses set side by side under a 

 single roof. 



The Colony House. — It is claimed that the hens do 

 better in small flocks than in large groups. Moreover, small 

 houses holding from twenty-five to fifty hens each can 



be scattered about 



the farm and moved 

 from field to field as 

 the crops are rotated. 

 This type of house is 

 in special favor in 

 places where; the land 

 is too rough for 

 economically build- 

 ing long continuous 

 houses. It is by all 

 odds the best type for 

 the general farmer. 



Amount of Floor 

 Space per Hen. — 

 From three to four 

 square feet of floor 

 space per hen is suffi- 

 cient. The smaller the house the greater should be the allow- 

 ance per hen, for the reason that the total area over which 

 one hen can roam is very much greater in a large house. 



Amount of Yard Space per Hen. — Ten hens can very 

 easily be kept in a yard sixteen feet square, if there is an- 

 other yard of the same size in which they can be alternated 



Fig. 100. — Outside of a poultry house in winter. 



Fig. loi. — Inside of poultry house shown in Fig. 100. 



