Identifier: CAT87203197 (find matches)
Title: Poultry house construction
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Lee, Alfred R.
Subjects: Poultry Housing
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

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or cellars, and to all permanent houses where an artificialfloor is required and can be built on the ground level. These floorsare easy to clean, very sanitary, rat proof, and comparatively inex-pensive, if one has a supply of gravel or sharp sand. Bill of material for colony growing coop. Use. Size. Numberof pieces. Length. Boardmeasure. Sills (runners) Rafters Total Inches.3 by 42 by 42 by 32 by 4 2283 Feet. 8101212 Feet.16144824 102 ;-inch sheathing surfaced on one side (roof) Roofing paper, one-half roll.Hinges and hardware. 17536 PARTITIONS. The lower 3 feet of all partitions may be solid, entirely across thepen, or solid partitions across the houses may be made every 30 or 35feet, depending upon the length of the house. Solid partitions closerthan this are unnecessary and interfere with free circulation of air inwarm weather. ROOSTS AND DROPPING BOARDS. The interior fixtures of the pens should be simple, portable, andinexpensive. Roosts are usually placed next to the end or back
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12 farmers BULLETIN 574. walls, 6 to 10 inches above the dropping boards, while the latter arefrom 2 to 2h feet above the floor. They should all be on the samelevel, otherwise the birds will crowd and fight to get on the highestroost. Scantling 2 by 3 inches or 2 by 4 inches, with the upper edgesrounded off, makes good roosts with either the wide or narrow sur-face up. Allow 7 to 10 inches of roost space per fowl, according tothe size of the birds. Eoosts should be placed about 15 inches apart,but the outside ones may be within 10 inches of the edge of the drop-ping boards. Nests may be placed under the dropping boards, on the partitionwalls, or in any convenient place where they do not take up floor space,

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