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Show 1 J-W rf:x- T- jw& Excitabla Guinea Hens. ben they must be confined In a coop or box so closely that they cannot escape es-cape and run awny for a few days until they learn the hen's cull. After they are a few duys old they ere better If allowed to run at large to gather their own food. They muy be fed mornings and evenings, but will gather most of their food. The guinea hen hits a rather bud reputation as a mother, but It Is according to nnture for every species of animal life to know how to care for Its own young, and our experience Is that under ordinary or-dinary conditions the g'llnea hen knows better how to cure for her young than any foster mother. Of course n guinea hen, or any other hen, for that matter, cannot succeed In rearing rear-ing a flock of young kents If they are hatched Into In the fall. |