Show THE POULTRY YARD val valuable ablo flints I 1 to 0 Beir inners in the chicken ita halaine ising business to those who have a largo large number of bens but who prefer the incubator I 1 when batching hatchin 1 I 1 would suggest qu e st the following plan which has been used with good results in a number of in atances of which I 1 am aware A few liens hens can call always be found which show ii A desire to git si t instead of breaking 0 those up set them all giving each bo hen n as many ems eggs as she can possibly cover and then prepare your incubator for action at the end of five days test ill all the eggs ea g you have set and place the ferd artile le ones in the incubator liying laying them hat flat and mark the date of settem setting on oil each e egg if the tray is not filled use a few glass e eggs 0 3 to fill up or fit a light piece of wood woo d across which will prevent their rolling about at the same time you remove the tested airm eggs nm from tho the liens reset them with fresh ones lies and at the end of another five fly days nain again n I 1 ain use your tester and place the fertile eggs in the incubator mark ill as before the date these may bo be 1 placed laced in the same tray with I 1 lie first lot if it is not already full repeat the operation as long oil as s the constitutions of tho the lions will stand it or until you have all the eggs M set you care for if the nests are thoroughly aliby cleaned anti and supplied with fresh straw every ten lays days and the liens kept free from froin vermin and are supplied with plenty of corn and wheat with fresh water daily they may be kept sitting sitting for six oil eight weeks without injury taking seven se viii weeks is as the average everaro ave k time each sits rits during anvill In vill this time each hen lien can be reset ten times and it thirteen e eggs 0 2 are t given iven will cover durin during the entire period eggs the chief advantage of this system is that a larger percentage ae a e of chicks can be realized than if the i incubator alono alone be d thero there seems to be bi san something i c thi mar in 1 n ithe i the lo 10 steady y heat beat an aud d contact of the lien which is more successful in giving the eggs 0 a good start than can bo be obtained in the best of incubators and after they are once well started it is comparatively an eay matter to carry along to successful hatch I 1 would recommend that each lot of eggs eggs be sprinkled with warm water commencing lit at the eighteenth day of incubation and continuing at each turnau turning until the hatching takes place in order oa to keep the chicks from froin crawlin crawling about too promiscuously take four P pieces iches of pasteboard about four inches w wide ide and make a frame which will confine them to their reservation to fasten the he frame fraine at the corners use pieces of cloth and a little glue or paste I 1 have leva been asked the question do 3 ou on think it ka a good pl plan in to help the chicks out of the shell if they are unable to 0 get et out alone P ifa chick is unable to work his way out without assistance si stance it either lacks vitality or has developed at the wrong end of the egg cg r g in the former case it is very likely that the chick will bo be short lived if assisted while in the latter a number may be B saved aved when the chipping is noticed nt at the small end of tho the e egg 7 opposite the air cell the head of the chick i is s turned the wrong wrong way and it lias has not the room to work A little assistance in m such cases often results lit in savin saving it a strong chick I 1 will add a few words about nests and setting liens hens if possible have a separate licause house in n which to I 1 set bour liens this should be well ventilated benl and have a small covered yard attached the nests should be made in separate boxes and filled with straw enoi knowli igli to keep the es eggs off tile the bottom of the box at least every ten lays days take the boxes outside light tho the straw and invert tile the boxes over tho the straw until they are pretty thoroughly scorched refill with fresh straw and replace tile es e 1 s in the yard have a 9 good 0 oil sized box containing sand oi or aro road it d dust it in which mix several hands ful of sulphur flour ulso also have paris pans or troll troughs which keep filled with corn or wheat and a drinking fountain filled with fresh water california cackler |