Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 8, Number 18, DeMotte, Jasper County, 31 March 1938 — Tight Poultry House Leads to Colds, Roup [ARTICLE]

Tight Poultry House Leads to Colds, Roup

Tight or poorly ventilated poultry houses at night are responsible for many of the ills of the farm poultry flocks. 1 A common practice is to close up the poultry house ■ when the weather is cold. The lack of ventilation invariably results in damp litter and conditions that are. conducive to colds and roupj says O. C. Ufford, extension poultryman at Colorado State college. : « To illustrate the importance of fresh air for poultry, experiments show that the* hen in breaching uses about three times as mpch air per pound of live weight as a cow. And a’ great deal of moisture frdm the body of a hen is given off through breathing. Thus, unless some provisions are made for changing the moistureladen air in the poultry 1 house during the time the birds are roosting, a damp house is the result.