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Show GIVE SITTING HENS SPECIAL ATTENTION Thoroughly Dust Fowl With Good Inseot Powder. Arrange Nest In Some DarK, Out-of. the-Way Place, Where She Will Not Be Disturbed Water and Feed Are Necessary. As tho time nppronches tin the hen to becomo broody or sit, If enro Is tnken to look Into the nost. it will bo seen thnt there nrc n few oft. downy fenthers being left there hy the lien J nlso the hen stnys longer on tho nest when laying nt this time, nnd on being nppronched will qulto likely remain on tho nest, mnklng n clucking noise, milling her fenthers nnd pecking nt tho Intruder. When It ts noted thnt n hen sits on the nest from two to three nights In succession nnd thnt most of the fenthers nre gone from Inr breast, which should feel hot to Hie hnnd, she Is rendy to bo transferred to n nest which bns been propnred for her beforehand, according to n poultry poul-try specialist of tho United Stntes department of agriculture. The normal nor-mal temperature of n lien Is from 1(0 to 107 degrees F which vnrlcs slightly during Ineubntlnn. Dust tho hen thoroughly with Insect powder, nnd In npplylng tho powder hold tho hen by tho feet, the bend down, working the powder well Into the fenthers, giving special nttcntlon to regions nround tho vent nnd under tho wings. The powder should nlso be sprinkled ifi tho nest. Tho nest should bo In somo quiet, out-of-tho-wny place, where the hen will not bo disturbed. Movo her from tho regular laying nest nt night nnd hnndlo her carefully In doing so. Put n chlnn egg jr two In tho nest whero sho Is to sit nnd plnco n board over tho opening so thnt she canot get off. Toward the evening of tho second day quietly go In whero slio Is sitting, leave somo feed nnd wntcr, remove tho bonrd from tho front or top of tho nest, nnd let the hen como off when sho h rendy. Should sho return to tho nest nfter feeding, removo tho chlnn egg or eggs nnd put under those thnt nro to bo Incubated. If tho nests nro slightly darkened tho hens nro less likely to becomo restless. At hatching time they should bo confined nnd, not bo disturbed until the lintch Is completed, com-pleted, unless they becomo restless, when It mny bo best to removo tho chicks thnt nro hntched first. In cool weather It Is best not to put mora thnn ten eggs under n hen, while later In tho spring ono enn put twclvo or fifteen, nccordlng to the size of tho hen. |
