Show r FARM 1 POULTRY I BREAK FOWL OF BROODINESS Hen Should Be Confined to Small Coop Raised Off ON Ground Preferably With Slat Bottom When hens bens become brood broody they should be broken up as quickly as possible for the sooner this Is done the sooner they will resume laying To break a hen of ot broodiness she should be confined to a small coop raised off oft the ground preferably with witha a slat bottom Give Gl her plenty of ot water water water wa wa- ter to drink she may be fed or not as desired Not much difference willbe wIllbe will willbe be found In the time required to break ler Eer er of broodIness whether she is fed fedor fedor fedor or made to fast United States department department department depart depart- ment of agriculture poultry specialists sa say Usually from three to six days days' confinement ment will hill break her her- herbut but some hens require 10 to 12 dasT days das T The le broody hen will be recognized by her ller Inclination to stay on the nest at nt night the ruffling of her feathers and her picking at anyone who approaches her and by the clucking noise she makes The fact that her broodiness has b been en broken up can be recognized recognised by the disappearance of these toms ms |