36 THE HOME POULTRY BOOK 



slightly higher temperature resulting from the 

 warmer air in the house will cause the snow on 

 the glass to melt and run off. 



Speaking broadly, the most satisfactory house for 

 the average beginner is one the dimensions of which 

 are about 10x12, with a shed roof seven feet high 

 in front and four feet at the rear. Such a house 

 will accommodate from twenty-five to thirty fowls 

 comfortably. 



Renters look with favor upon portable houses, 

 for if they move, the house can be taken apart and 

 carried along to the new place of residence. Houses 

 large enough to care for a dozen or fifteen hens cost 

 from twenty to thirty dollars. They have dirt 

 floors but are tight and well made, being high 

 enough so that the attendant may work in them with 

 ease. 



Another form of portable house is much smaller 

 and not high enough for a man to enter, but made 

 to accommodate eight or ten hens. The roof is so 

 arranged that it may be raised from the rear in 

 order to facilitate cleaning the dropping board and 

 any other work inside the house which may be re- 

 quired. A house of this kind with a scratching 

 shed attached costs about ten dollars and a dollar 



