. Our farm and building book. . ltry house to any otherbuilding, because there is always feedaround that they can get and there isalways water. Rats like eggs, too,and they have been known to sampleyoung chickens, but it is easy to block Right SidzElev at/on Left Side. Lzle-s/ation SMALL ORNAMENTALPOULTRY HOUSE Carefully arranged working plansfor chicken house suitable for villageor suburban back yard. Design The poultry house should be wellsupplied with nests which are easilyaccessible. In both of these designsthe nests are in the partition betweenfeed room and nest room, so that th
. Our farm and building book. . ltry house to any otherbuilding, because there is always feedaround that they can get and there isalways water. Rats like eggs, too,and they have been known to sampleyoung chickens, but it is easy to block Right SidzElev at/on Left Side. Lzle-s/ation SMALL ORNAMENTALPOULTRY HOUSE Carefully arranged working plansfor chicken house suitable for villageor suburban back yard. Design The poultry house should be wellsupplied with nests which are easilyaccessible. In both of these designsthe nests are in the partition betweenfeed room and nest room, so that theeggs can be gathered without goingin where the hens are, or disturbingthem. Poultry Pointers Hens need exercise. Hens need sufficient sunlight. Hens need _ a warm, comfortablehome in the winter, but not too warm. Overcrowding reduces profits. Hens teeth are scarce, so a substi-tute must be furnished in the form ofgrit. Pure, clean water should be avail-able at all times. Keep a clean litter of ^chaff andstraw on the FtNCE Roosts -^ Oropping Boards ? li s FtNCC S umo ere OnoFPrn* «X BOftRDi. /^Dusj Box Ground Plan. them out of a poultry house by mak-ing a concrete floor. Concrete forthis purpose may be pretty much allsand and gravel. Most any kind of acomposition will answer the little lime and a little cement, orlime without cement, or cement with-out lime mixed up with water in mostany proportion will do the should be pounded in and come upabout even with the sill.
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