PORTABLE POULTRY FENCES.
fence with movable stakeFig. 124.—Portable Poultry Fence.
Fig. 124.—Portable Poultry Fence.
Fig. 124.—Portable Poultry Fence.
lean-to type fenceFig. 125.—Movable Fence For Turkeys.
Fig. 125.—Movable Fence For Turkeys.
Fig. 125.—Movable Fence For Turkeys.
It is often very convenient when poultry are inclosed during the growing season, to have a fence for the henyard which can be readily moved from place to place. The illustration,figure 124, shows one of these. Cut the posts the same length as the pickets, and to the innerside of each attach two strong iron hoops bent into a semi-circle, one near the bottom and the other half way up. Through these hoops drive stakes fitted to fill them closely, with sharpened points for easily entering the ground. When removing the fence the posts can be slipped off.
gross section of turkey fenceFig. 126.—Cross-section Of Movable Fence.
Fig. 126.—Cross-section Of Movable Fence.
Fig. 126.—Cross-section Of Movable Fence.
notched blockFig. 127.—Cross-block For Fence.
Fig. 127.—Cross-block For Fence.
Fig. 127.—Cross-block For Fence.
Turkeys, even when they have attained a considerable size, should be shut up until after the dew is off the grass, and other fowls must be confined in limited runs, while the young are small. It is quite an advantage if these runs can be changed easily, and this can be accomplished only when they are enclosed in a light movablefence. Such a fence is shown infigure 125, on preceding page. It is made in twelve or sixteen feet sections by nailing laths to light pieces of the proper length. The upper end of the laths is sharpened; the end ones are of double thickness. The sections are placed with the end-laths intercrossing at the top, and about six inches apart at the bottom, as in cross-section,figure 126. They are held apart by blocks,figure 127, which rest on the upper edges of the cross-pieces and against the laths. They are held together, and to the ground, by stakes driven against the outer side of the end laths. As these stakes have the same angle as the laths, they hold the sections together, and also the fence in its place and down to the ground. The triangular space where the sections join is closed by a lath driven in the ground or tacked to the block between the cross-pieces. Corners must be formed of two sections inclined inward, and in the same way that sections are joined. The stakes are readily withdrawn,and the sections are so light that they are easily handled.