SUCCESS IN POULTRY CULTURE 
best for the poultryman who has but little 
land. 
If the colony houses are built on run- 
ners, they can be hauled together in some 
desirable place for winter protection, 
which will also reduce the cost of labor 
in caring for the flock. 
On pages 132-134 will be found 
plans, specifications and cuts for a brooder 
house that will make a good colony house 
by adding roosts and nests to it. These 
cuts show the nests already added. Fig. 
10 shows the nests closed and Fig. 9 
shows them open. The outside board is 
hung on hinges so it can be raised up for 
gathering the eggs or for any other pur- 
pose. This is the best nest arrangement 
I have ever used. It is so arranged that 
the hens can go in at the side next to the 
building. They can go in at either end. The 
nests are set back eight inches from the 
house, which leaves a small alley between 
the house and building, so that a hen 
entering either end can walk along to any 
nest she desires to use. An 8” board is 
placed over this alley to protect it from 
the weather and exclude a portion of the 
light. These nests give seclusion to the 
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