30 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION \ 
The birds of only one of these pens had started to lay before 
Dec. 1st. The other two, so far as I can tell, commenced with 
the first snow, although having free range, it was quite possi- 
ble for them to lay away; but even with the first snow there 
were very few eggs. It will be seen that with these pens the 
cold weather did not affect the egg production, but there was 
a noticeable increase in the amount of grain eaten during the 
cold weeks, when comparison is made with the very mild ones. 
This, however, may have been caused by the birds foraging 
more during the milder periods. These birds did not appear 
to mind the cold, and there was not the slightest sign of frosted 
combs among them, nor were there any colds. 

Fig. 3.—Type of House Used by White Leghorns. 
A fourth pen (No. 3) of eighteen White Leghorn pullets 
taken from the same flock of chicks was housed in a build- 
ing 12 feet square by 6 feet high at the eaves, boarded inside 
and out, and covered with paper. A small door from the house 
to the yard was never closed. They were given a scratch feed 
of corn, barley, and oats in the morning, a warm mash in the 
evening, and warm water was put in the fountain daily. This 
flock looked as healthy and contented as those in the cold 
houses, but the egg record during the cold weather was very 
poor. 

