. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... FIG. 149—FLOOR PLAN OF SINGLE PEN HQ-QSE FORCOLONY HOVER From blue print furnished by Poultry Division of U. of Agriculture. greater floor space than is provided for flocks of 50 to 100,and larger houses or rooms, combined with the method ofheating employed, frequently develop floor drafts to someextent. These must be reckoned with, especially in cold-weather brooding. One of the ways of preventing thistrouble is to build the house so that it can be divided intotwo parts of about equal dimensions, placing the hoverin
. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... FIG. 149—FLOOR PLAN OF SINGLE PEN HQ-QSE FORCOLONY HOVER From blue print furnished by Poultry Division of U. of Agriculture. greater floor space than is provided for flocks of 50 to 100,and larger houses or rooms, combined with the method ofheating employed, frequently develop floor drafts to someextent. These must be reckoned with, especially in cold-weather brooding. One of the ways of preventing thistrouble is to build the house so that it can be divided intotwo parts of about equal dimensions, placing the hoverin one section which is built quite warm but well lighted,the other section being used as an exercising compartmentand generally built with a curtain front. The house illustrated in Figs. ISO and 152 has beencarefully designed to meet the special requirements of 4%. PIG. 150—CROSS SECTION OP TWO COMPARTMENTHOUSE FOR COLONY HOVER 78 POULTRY HOUSES AND FIXTURES colony brooding and will be foundsuitable for the use of the great ma-jority of those who are raising chicksby this time and labor-saving 152 shows floor plan of house,which is 10x24 feet, with a 10-foothover section partitioned off at oneend. When the chicks are firstplaced under the hover they are tobe confined to this room. It is largeenough for several hundred duringthe first week or two, but not solarge as to invite floor drafts, andit can be comfortably heated withmuch less fuel than would be re-quired to maintain the correct tem-perature if the entire house were inone room. When the chicks are ten days totwo weeks old, or when only a few days old in mildweather, they should be given access to the exercisingcompartment, which is provided with a muslin shutter forventilation. In order to be able to graduate the ventila-tion, a double shutter is provided so that the upper p
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