Poorman's Poultry Guide (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...six hundred chicks to ten weeks old, three hundred to four months old and one hundred and fifty to two hundred pullets through the laying season. The Colony Brood Coop, as shown in Drawing on page 21, and described in No. 29. is recommended, for mild weather only. It is equipped with a feather brooder and will accommodate fifty chicks any time after the middle of April. This is the best back-yard brooder-coop any one desiring to raise a few chicks could wish for. By disposing of the male birds as soon as they reach a pound and a quarter, the brood coop will take care of the pullets until they are three and a half Cut No. 1 Cut No. 1 shows the feather brooder complete in proper position on the floor. Cut No. 3 Cut No. 3 shows bottom view of brooder, the letter B is the feathers. (3) is Ya in. mesh wire cloth for chick guard, which is attached to chick-guard frame indicated by arrows No. 4 and No. 5. No. 4 is the top and bottom lengths made of inch lumber 2V/2 ins. long. No. 5 are the two end pieces made of inch lumber 5 ins. long. The end pieces nail inside of the top and bottom pieces. Cut No. 6. Arrow No. 11 shows top and bottom boards of front door. They are of inch lumber 30 ins. by 14 ins. Arrow No. 16 shows the end boards of the front door. They are of inch lumber 11 ins. by 3/n ins. This door is made in dovetail fashion and is covered with 54 in. wire mesh cloth, as indicated by arrow No. 12. Arrows No. 13 and No. 15 constitute the frame for the top door. This requires two pieces of inch lumber 3054 ins. by 14 ins. and two pieces of inch lumber 25 ins. by 134 ins. These four lengths should be dovetailed and covered with 54-m-wire mesh cloth, as indicated by (H). Cut No. 4 Cut No. 4. Arrow No. 6 shows cleats which hold the...