Show COLONY HOUSE FOR CHICKENS will accommodate 25 to 30 old fowls fowl or from to young chicks heavy to handlo handle the colony hoase shown in tho illus measures 10 by 12 feet and may be used either for housing old stock lock or tor for brooding the young it 16 will accommodate from 25 to 30 old I 1 I 1 t colony house 10 by 12 feet fowls or from to young chicks depending upon the kind and age of the brood its ita size makes it quite heavy to vh handle andle and it probably marks the limit in size so eo tar far as aa con corns cerns portable houses the runners are timber and fire 14 feet long extending a foot beyond the wall at each end the siding Is of no I 1 matched stuff and must fit tightly A colony house should be blocked u up p so eo that the floor will be level to prevent the litter from being pushed sawn lown to the lower side aide it there to Is any slope the NIn windows dowe are hinged at the top and swing outward at the bottom this permits the entrance of 0 art an abundance of fresh air during rains or storms on the outside the windows are covered with poultry wire to keep the fowls in while the windows are open the long narrow window placed vertically has the advantage over the square ones commonly used in that it better distributes the light A small muslin window to Is set in the door it may be hinged at the bottom and swung in when it Is desired to have it open it if used for old hens boosts roosts nests and dropping board are located in the rear of oc the house bouse hoppers Hop pera teed feed cans and water pans may be placed on the ends or front |