Never Build a Double House
The Corning Egg Farm is much opposed to what is known as the Double Brooder House, which is advocated by many builders of Brooder House equipments, and, in which, in the majority of cases, the use of concrete floors is also practiced. The advantages in the supposed economy of this construction are more than off-set by the disadvantages. The proper place for the windows of the Brooder House is on the south front, and likewise the south side of the building is the proper place for the chick runs. The roof should be a shed roof sloping to the north, thus carrying all the water to the back and allowing none of it to drip down into the runs. The north side of the Brooder House should be absolutely tight, for, from this quarter, comes the great majority of cold storms, and the tight wall means an economy in fuel. And every item of expense must be carefully watched on a poultry farm.
In these different respects let us look at the double house. First, it must run north and south; second, it must have windows on the east and west, and the chick runs must go the same way; third, it must be built with a peaked roof, the drippings from storms thus falling directly into the yards.