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I stumbled across this great resource online and thought I would post more information about it here. It is a 1919 book on building Poultry Houses. I posted a bit from the introduction below. It is a really great resource. I am working on providing a link to it below. Stay tuned for an update.

Here is a link to the pdf of Poultry Houses and Fixtures. <– Click on the Link to load it in your web browser, or Right Click the Link and select “Save Link As…” to save it to your hard drive.

INTRODUCTION

POULTRY houses correctly planned and built are
vitally important to the success of every poultry
enterprise, whether it is to be established on a
large or a small scale. While such houses must
of necessity be comparatively plain and simple in design,
they also must meet certain definite conditions to be gen-
uinely practical. Regardless of size, every such building,
for whatever purpose intended, must provide not only for
the comfort and well-being of the fowls, but also for the
convenience of the caretaker. And it must do this always
at moderate cost.

To be able to design a house that will meet these truly
important requirements, calls for much practical experi-
ence, for a wide knowledge of what others have tried
and found satisfactory or unsatisfactory along the same
lines, and finally, for some knowledge of the general
principles of architecture. It is small wonder if begin-
ners and even experienced poultry keepers, make innumer-
able mistakes in their building operations mistakes that
must be corrected at heavy expense or remain as perma-
nent handicaps to their future success.