CHEAP POULTRY HOUSE

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1681, 18 May 1904, Page 71 (Supplement)

CHEAP POULTRY HOUSE

The plan shown is very practical, and of origin ail design. It is 14ft, x 16ft, and 7ft high at the eaves. The alley is 4ft ivide, and has a floor 2ft above the ground. This floor projects about 3ft (I>) into the ecrateliing-room, and forms a platform the whole length of the building, upon which the hens can stand while eating their moaning

mask. The mash is scattered along the trough. (A), and naau’ow, isC oping slats prevent the fowls from soiling and wasting their feed. The roosting platform is shown with the hack end attached to the wall by loose-pin hinges at F. Any inclination■can he given this platform by means of the wire supports at H. Gil cup brackets filled with coal oil support tike ends ■of the roosting ..poles, which are readily detachable. By this arrangement no lice oop vermin can secure access to the hens whilb they at'© on- the roost at AH’ the fixtures, including piat-

form, p'o'les, droppings trough (C), nestboxes, etc., can be taken outside lor Gleaning and disinfecting at any time. The interior arrangement is very convenient for feeding the hens, cleaning out the nest-box sections', and gathering the eggs. The nest-box section is lift long. It is sub-divided, with doors opening into the alley, giving easy access to each nest. These doors are hinged at their lower ends. The alley is separated from the roosting and scratching rooms by means of galvanised wire fencing, and the sections are divided by the some material. It is better to beep the laying bens in small flocks, to secure the best results. Any farmer with veiy few tools can make this ben-house in a ' few hours’ time, after the foundation, is laid. The frame is of 2 x 4 and 2x6 hemlock stuff, and the walls are covered with good German lap siding, well matched and jointed.—“ Hoard's Dairyman.”