Show hens ate are tempted by eggs broken in nest yo one of the most common vices Is egg eating of which most poultry keepers huepers have had somo some experience y i although the ilie habit may be formed at any period of the year there la Is no ho doubt bhatia that a large number of the out feaks Feak 9 ari are re recorded cordel dur during aff the eum BUM imer this is s partly due dae to the tact fact that large jarge numbers of eggs aro are produced and many of them are deposited in nests na eta devoid of utter litter thus creating a tendency fo for the eggs to become dara dam fiel athe ithe hibit habit Is in often the result of a broken ono one being left in the nest or ek on the manure board to be devoured bi bird later anye wery r y few if affy any hens con can resist 1 I the temptation and tho the habit quietly quickly spreads sp M ds from one to another developing into an epidemic which frequently proves costly for the owners unless the nests are kept well covered with soft material the shells are certain to get dar d imaged ringed later on other hens frequent the nests nesta cud and broken eggs fo follow llovy |