. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 8 keeps about 18 hens in each pen during the winter, and obtains a plentiful supply of eggs. The Poultry Houses at 0. A. C. The Colony House in use at this College is more or less of an experiment, but it is cheaply constructed, and allows a warm roosting pen and exercise in the open air. The canvas door protects the fowls :& =B= <o 9' /Or if Fig. 5.—Ground plan of colony house at /*' f Zf =fi= Fig. 6.—Cross section of colony house. R, R, roosts. Fig. 7.—Ground plan of closed pen. R, R, roosts. from the extremely cold winds. In very severe wea
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 8 keeps about 18 hens in each pen during the winter, and obtains a plentiful supply of eggs. The Poultry Houses at 0. A. C. The Colony House in use at this College is more or less of an experiment, but it is cheaply constructed, and allows a warm roosting pen and exercise in the open air. The canvas door protects the fowls :& =B= <o 9' /Or if Fig. 5.—Ground plan of colony house at /*' f Zf =fi= Fig. 6.—Cross section of colony house. R, R, roosts. Fig. 7.—Ground plan of closed pen. R, R, roosts. from the extremely cold winds. In very severe weather the board door in front of the house may be shut. This house is made of a single thickness of planed lumber, the cracks between boards being covered by battens. It is not sheeted on the inside, except in the roosting compartment, which is lined with paper and matched lumber. We wintered Plymouth and Wyandotte fowls successfully in this coop before the roosting compartment was put in. It was, however, so cold at night time, in very severe weather, that egg production was practically stopped for a day or two. I would not recommend its use where Leghorns or such birds are to be kept. This house will accommodate from 20 to 25 chickens. The plan of the closed house in use at this College (see Figs. 7 and 8) is designed to admit of exercising the fowls in the open. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture; Ontario Agricultural College. Toronto : Ontario Dept. of Agriculture
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