Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1907 — A GOOD HENHOUSE. [ARTICLE]

A GOOD HENHOUSE.

A Structure Which Will Accommodate Mors Than Fifty Fowls. This is what G. Arthur Bell, assistant animal husbandman of the bureau of animal Industry at Washington, has to say of the proper quarters for the hens: The best house for fifty to sixty fowls is 20 by 14 feet; front elevation 6Vi feet, back elevation &A, with double pitch roof of unequal span. The roof, if it is shingled, should have not less than one-third pitch. If the roofing paper Is used, one-quarter pitch will answer. In the front or south wall there should be placed two windows about one foot from the top and three feet from the ends; 8 by 10 inches Is a good sized pane to use in a twelve light sash, making the sash about 3 feet 9 inches high and 2 feet 5 Inches wide. A door 2Mi by 6 feet may be made in one of the end walls, and also a small door in the front wall for the fowls to pass lu and out of the building. The roost room should be placed lu the rear of the house, extending the whole length. The platform should be about three feet wide and three feet from the floor and the perches be placed about eight or ten Inches above the platform. The nests should be placed against the end of the house opposite the door or under the roost platform and should be darkened. Several small boxes for shell, grit, beef scraps, etc., should be placed against the walls about sixteen Inches from the floor. If cement or wood floors are used, a dust bath should be provided for the fowls.