Yes, for sure Fiske was talking about larger scale housing. But he also did show some relatively smaller setups for homes/home farms. He focused on coops that were actually being used successfully. It's so interesting seeing the differences in the use of language from then to now. There are...
I wondered about that too! My thought is that there must be something about the wind blowing by that creates a negative pressure to 'pull' the air up. I'm hoping that someone who has tried this might be able to comment. :-)
Hi all,
My name is Barb Smith, and here is my introduction using the suggested template questions:
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I have never had chickens, but have been reading books and magazines on chickens for a couple of years. I just moved to a city...
In the 1907 book "Poultry Architecture - A Practical Guide for Construction of Poultry Houses, Coops and Yards", George B Fiske states a couple of things that seem to be contradictory to a couple of mainstream current ideas that I'm finding both in current books and on this site and others. I'm...