Show clean poultry house now avoiding disease vermin poultry houses require cleaning out thoroughly except in cases where constant cleanliness is main bained dirt causes disease and apparently creates vermin the actual process of cleaning is best done on a bright sunshiny day in addition to removing all the litter and droppings and burning them or storing them in a screened manure shed the walls and ceilings should be brushed down and the floor given a thorough sweeping and washing out nests should be removed from the house and old nesting material disposed of with the litter if a hose is available the entire interior of the house should be flushed out making sure that the water gets into all cracks and crevices where dirt or vermin might be hiding after this is done dis infecting should follow it will also pay to wash the windows by doing this work as early in the day as possible it will give the house a chance to dry out before placing fresh nesting material in the nests and fresh litter on the floor and letting the birds back in the house again |