| Show POULTRY HOUSE PLAN WITH scratching PEN best located on the side of a hill to avoid standing water during the rainy seasons by john borham this is a poultry house which I 1 think will stand the test of all cli mates I 1 think it well adapted to the cold climate of alaska or the hot cli mate of australia as well as all tern 1 erate regions writes john borham in the poultry tribune it is best to first select a side hill on which to build so that the water ill not be standing abound inder the house during rainy seamons I 1 have mine built OB level ground but hall remodel it soon digging away about I 1 inches of ground from un der the ho se and replacing it with sand I 1 shall also dig a trench abound and close to it two feet deep in the floor through which the hens may pass up and down the step B Is hinged at the back with a hook in front so it can be hooked up corn plemely covering the opening in the floor each pen is arranged this way the foor Is built two feet from the ground and the hens are fed in this under story in winter on this base ment floor there should be at least ix inches of scratching material to 1 beep the fowls busy this scratching hed under the building Is closed up on all sides excepting the front fach pen la feet making square feet of floor space in which can be kept a flock 0 60 hens in summer I 1 f t poultry house w th sub scratch ing pen one foot wide and shall ml in one foot of loose stones covering with one foot of ground tl e be much better than stones to keep ane ground dry around the house the house which I 1 have planned Is 8 feet wide 36 feet in length con of three pens although it can be divided into any number of pens each pen being feet the houe Is 8 feet high in front and 6 feet at the back and is built with a cheap fiade of lumber which Is not painted but a layer of building paper is tacked on over which Is placed a two i ly roofing material the roof is covered sect on through interior the same way excepting the paper Is covered with three ply prepared roof ing the floor Is double with a two inch dead air space which contains also a layer of paper the umber is good or tongued and grooved lumber there Is an opening take out the litter and when it rains the fowls aa go under the house tor shelter I 1 have two windows in every pen above the floor 0 course and wh n but one pen Is built I 1 also have two windows one on each side on ane ldes rhe windows should all be hinea at the top so as to admit fresh air all over the ho ise when need d and there should also be a shutter bior every window to be shut on winter nights these shutters should be made of tongued and grooved lum her and hinged with loose pin st el butts so they may be taken off in warm weather and put out of the dav I 1 always like to have plenty of light and sunshine in the cold win ter days but you know the more win dows in the poultry house the colder it Is at night thus you see here Is where your shutters come handy there la alse another point in this house which should not be overlooked that is the covered roosts A hinged hood projects over the roosts which keais the fowls combs from freez ing in severe cold weather this hood is fastened with loose pin hinges like the shutters and may be taken off in the spring the hoods are also sup plied with hooks and may be hooked up in day time it desired the roosts C are above the nests between which there is a large dropping board which also makes a covered passageway D for hens to enter the nests this passageway Is open at both ends lou will notice that in my plan I 1 have only one entrance this Is in the middle pen while the other pens have a small door for the hens to pass in and out if you like you may have a door into each pen from single door at the end of the building |
