Tarter Gate Co. Offers Free Plans for 19th Century Chicken House

Dunnville, Ky., November 15, 2004

Tarter Gate Co., the nation’s largest manufacturer of animal management equipment, is now offering hobby farmers the opportunity to recreate their own authentic 19th century chicken house by following plans available for FREE on the company’s website, www.tartergate.com.

Modeled after the chicken house built by Joy Tarter’s grandparents in 1895, plans for “Mammy’s 1895 Chicken House” include everything you need to create your own traditional chicken house, including an architectural layout of the house, a complete list of required materials, and full color photos depicting the Tarter’s re-creation.

Joy, who decided to raise chickens for the benefits associated with free range organic eggs, hired a local carpenter to visit the original chicken house in Yosemite, Ky., and to then replicate it on her farm in Dunnville, Ky.

“I am excited that Tarter Gate is offering these plans to hobby farmers nationwide to build a “tried and true” old-fashioned chicken house on their own farms. I have enjoyed keeping my chickens in the house and believe it really adds to the traditional feel of our farm,” said Joy Tarter.

You can find the free plans for “Mammy’s 1895 Chicken House” by following the link on Tarter Gate’s website, www.tartergate.com.

Tarter Gate Co. manufacturers three brands of animal management equipment, Equestrian World®, American Farmland® and Billy Goat Gruff®, all quality products developed since 1945 and sold at the nation’s best farm, tack and feed retailers. To learn more about Tarter Gate products and the fine retailers near you who carry them, visit www.tartergate.com online or call Tarter Gate at
1-800-733-4283.