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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



cleaned out as soon as the straw becomes matted and damp. 

 Dry feet while in the house at night seems to be a necessity 

 for good egg production. The ducks will make their nests 

 on the floor of the house by burrowing in the straw. The 



Fig. 170 



Interior of pigeon pen showing a feed hopper, roosts, nest boxes, and different 

 kinds of nest pans. (Courtesy of Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



number of ducks per house should be about one for every 

 six square feet of floor space for breeders; fattening and 

 young ducks may be kept closer. 

 , An eighteen-inch two-inch mesh fence will hold most ducks, 



