Identifier: CAT31127626 (find matches)
Title: Poultry house construction
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Lee, Alfred R.
Subjects: Poultry Housing
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

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rds, on the partitionwalls, or in any convenient place where they do not take up floorspace, and should be arranged so that the birds can get into themeasily. They should be 12 to 14 inches square and 12 to 16 incheshigh, with a strip about 4 inches high on the open side to retain thenesting material. Provide one nest for every four or five hens.Trap nests are essential in any careful breeding work, such as pedi-gree breeding, or the breeding of exhibition poultry. For informa-tion about trap nests see Farmers Bulletin 682, A Simple TrapNest for Poultry. KINDS OF MATERIAL USED FOR BUILDING. Houses made entirely of solid concrete are cold and damp, butconcrete blocks may be used with good results. Hollow tile makes avery good poultry house, and it can be bought in some sections at aprice which compares favorably, considering its durability, with wood.This construction is well adapted to incubator cellars and brooderhouses, or to any buildings requiring double walls and good insulation.
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POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 15 All kinds of wood are used in building poultry houses, and anydurable lumber which is available for that purpose may be used.The lumber which is to be used for the outside construction shouldbe well seasoned, otherwise the shrinkage will leave cracks in thewalls. Hemlock, spruce, western white pine, and Virginia pineare commonly used for sheathing in the North, hard pine in theGulf States, and redwood or Oregon pine on the Pacific coast. Clearspruce, Oregon, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia pine are usedfor siding. Chestnut is used locally for sheathing and siding insome parts of New England and the Alleghenies, while local pinesof different species are available for rough lumber in many sections.

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