Show HS WITH CHICKS hens with chicks must not be bb allowed to have too much freedom according to the poultry department of the utah agricultural college the hens have 9 great reat propensities for scratching and will soon ruin a piece of land if it is meant for anything else the hens are natural and when they have their broody broods they are still more so the freshly plowed fields are arc splendid places for hens with chicks they should not however be allowed to go too fal far away from the house for a sudden storm might arise causing the hen and her brood much discomfort the best thing to do with a hen and a brood is to proa pro vide a small coop and move it often to where the ground is soft and spaded it is also well to provide a little lath run into int which the hen may go also and she will assist the chicks in securing their food I 1 |