Open-air poultry houses for all climates; a practical book on modern common sense poultry housing for beginners and veterans in poultry keepingWhat to build and how to do itHouses that will promote health, vigor and vitality in laying and breeding stock . 4o OPEN-AIR POULTRY HOUSES 10x18 feet for flocks of 40 to 60. I prefer such houses built thesame stud as the 20x20 foot house and to use six-light sash inthe monitor top. The large colony house 20x20 feet will give com-fortable quarters for 100 layers or breeders and 150 layers can behoused in it. There is nothing to be gained by crowding the
Open-air poultry houses for all climates; a practical book on modern common sense poultry housing for beginners and veterans in poultry keepingWhat to build and how to do itHouses that will promote health, vigor and vitality in laying and breeding stock . 4o OPEN-AIR POULTRY HOUSES 10x18 feet for flocks of 40 to 60. I prefer such houses built thesame stud as the 20x20 foot house and to use six-light sash inthe monitor top. The large colony house 20x20 feet will give com-fortable quarters for 100 layers or breeders and 150 layers can behoused in it. There is nothing to be gained by crowding the houseto the limit of its capacity. One hundred females and 5 or G malesare enough to keep in the house for best results, but in the fall andearly winter when there is surplus stock on hand and house roomis scarce, you can crowd them a little without doing any serious. DR. P. T. WOODS IMPROVED OPEN-AIR POULTRY HOUSE. Fig. 1.—This illustration shows four outer sills (4x6 in. spruce, 20 ), and middle sill (4x4 in. spruce) leveled and spiked to are cedar and are set 3 ft. deep in ground. View is from northand west. West posts come higher above ground as house was builtwithout grading the natural slope of the ridge. Ends of sills werehalved to match in a tight rabbet joint. (Photo by Dr. Woods.) harm, particularly if the birds have liberal range. Windows inmonitor top remain closed in winter and are kept open in summer. Woods Improved Open-Air House, as illustrated in this chapter,Fig. 1 to Fig. 12 inclusive, was built by the author for the purposeof illustrating this book. \ could not get a carpenter to build it theway I wanted it built or to wait during construction for time for FOR ALL CLIMATES 47 taking suitable photographs; so I had to do the carpenter work andphotographing. It is, therefore, the work of an amateur carpenterand
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