Show I I TRAP NEST IS VALUABLE AID Enables Owner t to Ascertain Just Which Hens Are Laying RequIres Laying Requires Much Attention The purpose of trap-nesting trap the flock Is to ascertain which hens lay either for determining what record they make or for Identifying their eggs during the hatching season so that pedigree e records are possible Trap Trap- nesting r rewires requires a considerable amount of or attention but Is a valuable aid in developing a flock of poultry along lines of breeding for egg production A trap-nest trap Is a laying nest so arranged arranged ar sr ar- ar ranged that after a hen enters it she Is confined until released by the attendant at at- One nest trap nest should be provided pro pro- provided vided for each four hens kept In flocks of 50 O or more while more trap-nests trap are necessary in smaller flocks The hens are marked with numbered bands and a record is kept of their egg pro pro- The nests should be visited at least four times dally daily and preferably preferably preferably prefer prefer- ably much more often frequent trips being especially necessary when the h hens ns are laying freely and during hot weather The trap trap nest nest may be attached to the underside of the dropping board rd with the front facing the pen and arranged so that it can easily be removed or It may be placed on the walls of the pen pea If the nest Is pla plated placed ed under the dropping board the latter will serve as a top for the nest and nd the rear of or orthe the nest may be of or wire to allow good ventilation In warm weather If the nest Js is placed on the wall slats er r r wire should be Inserted from the front of the nest to the wall waIl at a sharp angle to prevent the hens from roosting on the tho nest Of course It is essential to make the nests as attractive and cozy as possible possible possible ble and this Is accomplished by providing pro pro- viding Jg them with plenty of clean litter litter litter lit lit- ter as often as a new supply of straw Is needed Furthermore in particularly particularly objectionable cases it pays to clean all the litter Utter from from the floor of ofA 1 I s sA sr v r A A Good Trap Ne Nest t for Hens the house In order to break brenk the hens of laying promiscuously wherever th they y yd d desire lre By Dy removing the straw and bedding the floor of the house is not so attractive as a nesting spot for tor the hens and pullets and hence they are forced to se seek k the trap trap nests nests |