HOUSING 41 



admit air, and windows for lighting purposes. The ar- 

 rangement of the rooms will he discussed in the lesson on 

 equipment. 



Some especial provision must be made for the housing of 

 joung chicks, for they are not old enough or strong enough 

 to protect themselves against changes in the weather, and 

 are apt to crowd together if the nights are chilly. A colony 

 house (Fig. 38), about 8X12 feet in size, with a front like 

 that of one of the larger poultry houses, should prove an 

 effective shelter for the young stock. The brooders can be 

 placed within such a house, and can be left there until the 

 chicks are from five to seven weeks old, when the brooders 

 are removed and fireless hovers substituted. The age at 

 which this transfer can be made depends partly upon the 

 season of the year. When the chicks are large enough to 

 use the roost poles, which are placed about sixteen inches 

 from, the floor, the hovers can be removed. 



Houses such as this should be built on skids or runners so 

 that they can be drawn from place to place to furnish the 

 chickens with range in summer, and can be drawn together 

 in winter for protection to the fowls. 



KEVIEW 



1. Explain the score card. 



2. Name tlie two methods of judging poultry. 



3. What guide is used in judging poultry? 



4. ^Yhat would he the condition of contests without a guide for 



judging ? 



5. What is a defect? 



