THE CONSTRUCTION OF POULTRY HOUSES 



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10 yards wire netting 36" wide 2" mesh. 

 54 yards wire netting 18" wide 1" mesh. 

 5 pounds staples for fastening wire. 

 10 trap-doors in rear of compartments — 150'. 

 10 door slides 2)4," X M"— 60 lineal feet. 



THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PORTABLE 

 POULTRY HOUSE 



List of Materials 



Uae 



Sills (runners) 



Sleepers 



Studding 



Plates 



Rafters 



Supports for dropping boards 



Roosts or perches (dressed on all sides) . . 



Perch supports 



Nest supports and braces for drinking 



platform 



Broody coop, studding and sills 



Lattice for broody coop and bottom of 



drinking platform 



Material for nests : 



Door 



Strip at bottom of door 



Strip at top in back and front to hold 

 wire netting 



Board at bottom in back of building . 



Partition between nests 



Runboard in front of nests 



Battens for door and dropping 



boards 



Sheathing 



lade from above flooring. 



Total . . . 



Flooring 



Siding 



Dropping boards 

 Hardware: 



Hinges for door, nests fronts and roosts 5 pairs 



Chain to raise roost poles 2 ft. 



Rubberoid or other equally good roofing 180 sq. ft. 



Wire netting : 



For front, back and sides of broody coop ?:4-in. mesh, 36 

 in. wide 6 yds. 



For top and bottom of nests, Ji-in. mesh 30 in. wide ... 5 yds. 



