. The business hen (the latest hatch). Poultry. THB BUSINESS HBNHOUSE. 67 A MAKESHIFT HOUSE.—Some good hen records are made in cheap houses not built on scientific lines. Such a house is de- scribed below. In such cases it is not so much the house as the man who knows by instinct how to make the hens comfortable. "What results would you expect from 75 hens wintered in a coop of this cost? I had 75 May-hatched pullets to winter. I built a coop 12x18 feet, inside measurement. The material was sod for the sides; the roof was straw, covered with corn fodder; the floor, Nature's deodorizer, na
. The business hen (the latest hatch). Poultry. THB BUSINESS HBNHOUSE. 67 A MAKESHIFT HOUSE.—Some good hen records are made in cheap houses not built on scientific lines. Such a house is de- scribed below. In such cases it is not so much the house as the man who knows by instinct how to make the hens comfortable. "What results would you expect from 75 hens wintered in a coop of this cost? I had 75 May-hatched pullets to winter. I built a coop 12x18 feet, inside measurement. The material was sod for the sides; the roof was straw, covered with corn fodder; the floor, Nature's deodorizer, natural earth. I first selected a well-sheltered location, then proceeded by setting three crotches, each crotch set three feet deep. This for the peak of my roof. Next I set ordinary six-foot fence posts on side four feet apart, two feet deep, leaving sides of coop four feet high, plenty high enough for sides of any coop. Then I spiked poles on to those fence posts on top, and nailed on small poles on sides of posts; laid poles in those centef crotches, then laid poles from post plates to crotch poles for rafters,. SOD AND POLE HOUSE. Fig. 30 and my frame was complete. I put in a window frame of plank on south side 2x8 feet, covered same with muslin curtain (no glass) ; but door in east end. I cut sod and sodded up sides; put a little brush crosswise of rafter poles, covered with straw and shingled with corn fodder. The foundation of my coop is raised slightly so water runs away from it, which is very important. So my labor and all would amount to about $12. I put pullets in coop in December and they soon began laying. In January, February, March and April I averaged close to five dozen eggs per day. My income was a little better than $1 per day clear of feed; and they have continued lay- ing well all Summer till molting this Fall. Now they are mostly through the molt and are going right into the egg producing busi- ness ;. Please note that these images are extracte
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