COOPS AND BUILDINGS FOR POULTRY 



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Fig. 100. Old stone poultry house, well preserved 



and still used, on the Thomas H. Borden farm, 



Tiverton Four Corners, Rhode Island 



of ideas of poultry housing, the principles now best established, 

 and the range within which variations from approved plans may 

 be made without disadvantage. This mode of treatment presents 

 substantially every gen- 

 eral design and signifi- 

 cant feature that has at 

 any time within the last 

 seventy years been ex- 

 tensively used or seri- 

 ously considered by ex- 

 perienced poultry men. 

 Prime considerations 

 in shelters for poultry. 

 In building shelters for 

 poultry there are three 

 prime considerations : 



the comfort of the birds, the convenience of the caretaker, and 

 the cost. These items are not always in accord. A building or 

 coop that is comfortable for its small feathered occupants may be 

 very inconvenient for the person who takes care of them, and 

 structures planned with special reference to the convenience of 



the attendant do not, 

 tt?^ as a rule, furnish the 



^'■^ most satisfactory con- 

 ditions for the poultry 

 kept in them. Neither 

 the comfort of the birds 

 nor the convenience of 

 the attendant is nec- 

 essarily proportionate 

 to cost of construction. 

 On the contrary, elab- 

 orate plans and expen- 

 sive construction often 

 mean more work for 

 the poultryman and the least favorable conditions for the poultry. 

 In planning a structure for any purpose the problem is to secure 

 the best adjustment of these three things. 



Fig. ioi. Rear of Fig 100, showing door for en- 

 trance to loft and ventilation of lower room 



