French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-08-08
GOOD HOUSE FOR
BAckNRDFL0ck
Comfort, Not Luxury Is Impor.
tant tor EloCk's Need
Old SHED IS SATISFACTORY
Made Warm. ard airy, and Win Hen
conVenisneeS 10 All That 10 Neo.
oosary-DIvids Yard for Grew.
Ing Green Feed.

a house for the backyard flock need
not be expensive. It should be COM
Portable. Often there Is an unused shed
or building on the place which can
easily be converted into a chicken
house The front Of the poultry house
should face toward the south Il posi-
BILE, 80 that the sun VIII shine INTO it
A house which provides q HOoF space
of three or four square feet for each
bird is ample in size and fowls are
often successfully kept with an allow
6nce 40 greater than two and 6he-half
to three Square feet. Houses must be
dry and free from draft but must al
low ventilation. Very satisfactory
houses can be made cheaDly from pt-
ano boxes or other packing cases.
Where there Is a board fence 1t Is
sometimes possible to take advantage
Of this By building the poultry house
In the corner Of the fence, making the
fence itself, with, the cracks covered
by strips or battened, serve as the back
and one side OF the house.
A cheap house 8 feet square can be
made Of 2 by finch pieces and p
inch boards and covered with roofing
paper. Such q house would be large
enough for q flock Of 20 to % hens
It can be built quickly and is cheap in
construction. Plans for building it,
which can be easily followed, with q
description OF all the material needed.
are given in a new publication OF the
United States DEPARTMENT Of Agricul-
ture, Farmers Bulletin $3.50.
II the back yard Is wen drained. the
ground itself should be dry enough to
serve as the floor OF the house. OFTEN
a slight dampness can be corrected BY
filing up the hObr several inches above
the outside ground With sand. clndeEs,
gravel or dry dirt Three or four
inches Of the surfaces Of the door, and
Of the run, IL a very small run Is used
should be removed and replaced With
fresh dirt two or three times q year,
II the ground Is 50 wet or damp that
the condition cannot be corrected b.
filling, tt Is best to provide a board
floor, as this win keep the house dry
will allow easier cleaning, and VIII pro
mote the general health and welfare
OF the hens, A house with a boarc
floor should be set o posts or blocks
S to- u inches above the ground. Bull
| in this way the floor will not rot sc
quickly and rats are not so likely Il
take refuge under it.
To keep the flock in q clean n san
itary condition dropping boards should
be pRovided and roosts above them
This makes it easy to remOve the drop
I pings each morning, and helps great!
to keep the house free from objection
able odors. A little sand sprinkled o.
the. dropping boards. after each dean
ii S1pNl make the q DaninS e IN
d. ping boar68 ana rO6sts a6Std b
PLACED aealASt the back wall HAr1
they are cat Of the way Gfn e u
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to b reached by drGftA The DROP
ping boards should be about 20 to 3
inches from the floor, depending on tn
height of the building, This give
a enough under them so that tn
hens have room to exercise and. it,
not too high for the heavier hens :
fly to. The rOOsts should be three Q
four inches above the dropping bPardI
A piece OF 2 by 4 or 2 by 3 lei q
edge. ana with the upper corr
rounded Of makes q goodn
Nests must be provided and may 3
very simple. Any box abOut one zoe
sduaF6 andfye or SIX ipcnee dep
suItahle. An ordinary orange box Wit
a pnratl0n In the middle Seryes tnl
purpose yery well, each box. fOEnin
stwo With the top removed Ia
box ~ laid IN Its side and agtt10 fnHe
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