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CoivORADo Experiment Station 
The poultry house should face south; the front may be partly 
covered with burlap or muslin during cold nights, but should be open 
during the day. ITe burlap curtain will furnish plenty of fresh air 
when closed, providing all the necessary ventilation. The door should 
be either in the east or south, and the west and north walls and roof 
should be absolutely tight. We know of quite a number oi poultry 
houses in Colorado facing east or west, but know of no good reason 
for it and many against it. There is no stronger ally in fighting dis¬ 
ease and discomfort than the sunshine, and the south front, especially 
in the long house, permits the greatest amount of it to enter. 
Colony, or individual houses, are becoming more popular each 
year. The long house, shown on previous page, furnishes ideal /con¬ 
ditions for winter weather, and is made by placing cheap colony 
houses side by side about eight feet apart, and covering with straw. 
The north wall is made by stuffing straw between two lengths of 
field fencing in the form of two fences about a foot apart. Field 
fencing is laid across the roofs of the colony houses to support the 
straw. In the spring, the houses are moved into the fields and the 
ground on which they stood all winter is plowed up and cropped. 
The house shown on this page is 7 ft. long, g ft. wide, or deep; it is 
used as a brooder house until chicks are large enough to be turned out 
Brooder House 
on range, when the brooder is removed and roosts are installed. The 
window in the rear adds to the comfort of the little chicks and tends to 
keep them near^ the heat, the brooder being placed at the north end. 
Much objection is found to the habit of hens facing the light in scratch- 
ing for their food and piling the litter under the droppings platform. 
