Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1912 — POULIRY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POULIRY

OCOCK PLAN FOR HEN HOUSE Convenient and Satisfactory Building to Accommodate Flock of Fifteen Chickens In City.

The Ocock chicken house is a convenient and satisfactory house for city lots. It will accommodate 15 individuals if good care is given the flock. A dirt floor is shown at the left in C. At the right in C is a board floor on which the straw litter is placed in

winter months. A piece of 2 by 12 meh material is used as a partition, to prevent the straw from getting over in to the dirt, and is shown in D. The perches, c, on the dropping board tre movable to make cleaning easier. The dropping board Is hinged and

should be swung up as high as the cloth sccjfen during the day, especially during the winter and early spring. The nests are open under the dropping board and have small doors on the side next to the flooring for removing the eggs. The nests are so construct-

ed as to be removed any time for cleaning. A cloth screen extends the full length over the dropping boards, roosts, and floored portion. The frame work being shown at cl, c 2, in C. A drop curtain of canvas Is in front to be used on cold nights; this is shown at ain C and at b in D. An opening is made in each end of the house above the screen and Is shown at a in B, also at a in D. A cloth screen is hinged above the window in A and is shown open at d in D. The small

three-light glass sash above the sixlight sash is also hinged and is shown open at e in D. The roof, side wall and ends are covered with tar paper inside in the half which is devoted to the roosts, nests and part of the floored space. The boarding of this house is nailed up and down.

Showing Cloth Screen.

Opening Above Screen.

Showing Dirt Floor.

Keeps Straw In Place.