. The Eastern poultryman. Poultry Periodicals; Fruit Periodicals. THE EASTERN POULTRYMAN. 119. The Care of Poultry Houses. It is quite possible to make the care of poultry houses an unbearable duty. At the same time, it is equally possible to keep them in proper condition without imposing upon yourself so much trouble as to make it a nuisance. When we state that a poultry house should be kept clean, we mean that it should be kept in such condition that a person can go through it at anytime, day or night, without getting so much dirt on their clothes as to cause them to wish they had not entere
. The Eastern poultryman. Poultry Periodicals; Fruit Periodicals. THE EASTERN POULTRYMAN. 119. The Care of Poultry Houses. It is quite possible to make the care of poultry houses an unbearable duty. At the same time, it is equally possible to keep them in proper condition without imposing upon yourself so much trouble as to make it a nuisance. When we state that a poultry house should be kept clean, we mean that it should be kept in such condition that a person can go through it at anytime, day or night, without getting so much dirt on their clothes as to cause them to wish they had not entered it. The floors must be dry, reasonably clean, and the entire interior, including roosts, dropping board and nest boxes kept free from filth and vermin. If this is done, the interior of the house will be perfectly tenantable for your poultry. To accomplish this clean up the house as often as it is needed, which is governed entirely by the number of fowls kept. Cover the dropping board an inch or two with dry soil and thoroughly clean once a week—or once in two weeks will an- swer, provided there is no vermin on the roosts or nest boxes. No arbitrary rule can be made for the time of cleaning, nor the number of times that it should be cleaned, but it must be kept tenantable for both the caretaker and the poultry. The most disagreeable condition for a poultry house is when the interior, floor, nest boxes, and dropping boards are so damp that they produce an offensive odor and are unpleasant for the poultry and the attendants. No one can have any success whatever with poultry kept in this way. We have known some poultry- men to clean their houses twice a week who do not have as presentable a place as others who do not clean so often It is the manner and method that counts. W'hen filth accumulates in the nest boxes they soon become infested with the worst kind of maggots and vermin, which cre- ates an odor most unpleasant, and a con- dition very injurious to the fowls. The same r
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