The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-03-16
UNIT TYPE POULTRY HOUSE.

Ile unit. or one IiOck type -Ol poul-
try house is coming generally into
use. 1t will accommodate flocks
of from 100 to 400 or 500 or more
birds. This house lends itself to en-
largement or reduction in size, de-
pending on the size flock you want to
keep.
This house has good floor lighting,
having windows on all four sides and
cloth openings in the front. With
windows on the sides the house can
be built with the open front toward
l>tne direction OF the least storms. 1t Is
easy to work in and is comfortable for
| the birds. both in summer and winter.
Two styles OF nests are shown. The
one is built so traps can be installed.
| The other is to be used where trap
| nesting is not followed. The nests
| have IA inch hardware cloth for the
floor which keeps the nests clean and
| will lessen egg breakage.
The house is fitted with the straw
J loft, which is placed on the 1x4 strips
that are spaced two inches apart, and
seven feet above the floor of the house.
The straw loft insures good ventila-
ton without draughts 1t also enables
| the moist air given off by the birds to
be carried out of the house. This helps
keep the litter dry for longer period
| than where the straw loft is not used.
| In cold weather the nail heads In the
| house and the side walls will not be
covered with frost. About five inches
of straw is sufficient to put on top of
the laths.
There should be an opening about
| one to two feet square in the gable
/ ends of the house above the straw.
| This opening can have covered con-
struction which will help to keep out
some storm, but will allow circulation
of air. One quarter inch mesh wire
should be put over these openings as
we'll as in the opening where the 8
inch ventilator is in the roof in order
to keep sparrows from nesting. In a
house over 20 feet long there should
be an eight inch ventilator placed in
the roof every 20 feet. This gives free
circulation of air and helps to remove
excess moisture.
The straw loft makes a warmer
house in the winter and cooler
house in the summer. 1t acts as an
insulator, keeping the heat or cold Of
the roof out of the pen. A straw loft
will make the house more livable for
the birds and reduce the cost OF litter
and labor for caring for them. The
feed and water racks are clear of tle
floor, which gives the entire floor
space for scratching. The window and
cloth openings enable adjustment &C
cording to the season or weather, thus
adding to the comforts Of the flock.
Concrete floors inches thick Of a
1:3 1-2:7 mixture can be used. A
, skim coat 1-2 inch thick of 1:2 1-2
mixture well trowled will give good
smooth surface.
= The square type of house is econo,
= mical in construction. The plan as
{ shown calls for a cement floor. There
are few sections if any, where ce
ment floor is not practical, and in the
= long run, it is cheaper.
2 The walls are double with paper be
5 tween. Double walls are necessary IL
e some sections while in others the eli
a mate may be mild enough to have
: single walls. II it gets near zert
? weather double walls will add comfOr
S for the birds. The most eXpensiv,
e house is the one built too cheaply
e Due to the climatic conditions in tn
!. northwest the straw loft has givel
| .yanaral catiS IN tinr and ha
= not only in the unit or square typ
: house, but in the long type as well.
e straw loft in the room brooder hous
d | will improve your brooding conditions
2, House plans can be had by writing t
d the poultry department, State Colleg
Of Washington, Pullman, Wash, an
enclosing 80 cents in stamps.
Il Temperature records were taken b
l. the Department in 1919 in pens wit
is the straw loft installed and in pen
Y the same in every detail but withou
r. the straw loft These readings Shove
N that the straw loft reduced the ten
NJ perature over the other pens as niue
in as II degrees at the hottest part of tn
day and in this pen the temperatul
w did not drop as low the next mornir
at as in the pen where the straw 10
,e was not used. 1t will in large pa
r eliminate the losses which are con
es monty suffered due to extremes
TO temperature in the summer an dact ;
ia safeguard against sucn diseases
IT. develop under damp and poorly We
ne tilated conditions. This straw lc
ty which can be so inexpensively insta
ed makes for good economy in e|
production.