. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... ockerels must be separatedfrom the females. If the hatches were early, the cock-erels should be sold before it becomes necessary to housethem, because the price will be considerably higher thanlater in the season, when the market is glutted with stock. A two-pen house is advantageous in that the pulletsand hens of the flock may be separated. Pullets are sureto be intimidated by the older birds, and do much betterwhen kept in separate flocks. In the spiing, again, atwo-pen house is a distinct advantage, since the mostrugged and he
. Poultry houses and fixtures. How to lay out poultry plants ... ockerels must be separatedfrom the females. If the hatches were early, the cock-erels should be sold before it becomes necessary to housethem, because the price will be considerably higher thanlater in the season, when the market is glutted with stock. A two-pen house is advantageous in that the pulletsand hens of the flock may be separated. Pullets are sureto be intimidated by the older birds, and do much betterwhen kept in separate flocks. In the spiing, again, atwo-pen house is a distinct advantage, since the mostrugged and healthy specimens may be separated and usedexclusively as breeders. These may be allowed moreroom per bird, fed differently, and provided with greaterrange, while the balance of the flock is forced for these existing conditions are considered, it is be-lieved that the following features of this plan will meetthe approval of poultry keepers in general: The fundamental idea in ventilating a poultry houseis to expel the impure air as well as the excess of. moisture, and to retain at the same time sufficient heatto make the house comfortable; which last, in the coldestweather, means all the heat that can be retained whileexpelling excessive moisture and impure air. A simpleventilating device adopted for this house places the con-trol of the ventilation absolutely in the caretakers is, however, recognized that all ventilation in a poultryhouse must come from one direction—that is, drafts can-not be tolerated. By hanging the windows with weights and pulleys asthey are ordinarily hung in dwellings, a greater or lesservolume of air—depending upon the will of the caretaker—may be allowed to enter. This will be found equally ad-vantageous in winter and summer, and makes it unneces-sary to remove the sash, even in very hot weather, sinceby raising the lower sash three or four inches and drop-ping the upper to the level of the lower, good circulationis established. T
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