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Show pOTTOj COMFORT FOR SITTING HENS Give "Broodies" Nests Where They Will Not Be Disturbed During Period of Incubation. (I'tepored by tho IHilteu Slates Department Depart-ment of Agriculture) There are several ways to tell when a hen Is becoming broody and wants to sit. Sort, downy feathers aro left in the nest; the hen stays on the nest longer when laying. On being op-preached op-preached she will remain on the ncstj making a cliucklag noise und milling her feathers. When ono Is reasonably sure that the hen Is broody, and her breitht feels warm to tho linnd, she Is rendy tp bo transferred to the nest prcvluunly prepared where she Is to sit. At this time It Is advisable to dust tho hen thoroughly with Insect powder. In doing so hold the hen by the feet with the head down, working the powder pow-der well Into tho feathers, especially those around the vent nnd under the wings. Tbe sitting hen should be dusted again on or about the eighteenth eight-eenth day of Incubation to be suro that no lice are present when the chicks arc hatched. I'owder should also bo sprinkled In the nest. Sodium Sodi-um tluorid may be used for the purpose. pur-pose. When possible the nest should be In some out-of-the-way place, whera the lien will not be disturbed. Night Is the best tlmo for moving the hcu from tho regular laying nest to the one she Is to sit on. She should ba handled carefully. A china egg or two should be placet In the nest, and a board or n covering may be placed over tho nest so that tho hen will not get off. Toward tho end of tho second day go quietly to tho nest, lenvo somo feed nnd water, and remove re-move tho covering front the top or front of the nest, bo that she can .como off when ready. The best feed for tho sitting hen Is whole corn or wheat, or both. Should she return to tho nest after feeding, replace tho chins egg with those to be Incubated. The nest should bo slightly darkened, dark-ened, an tho hen Is then not so likely to becomo restless. s In cool weather It Is bent not to Dusting the Sitting Hen With Insect Powder. put more thnn 10 eggs under a hen. Later In the spring, however, from l'J to 15 eggs can be bet, according to the slzo of the hen. nxumlno nnd clean the nest carefully, care-fully, removing any broken eggs nnd washing those that ore soiled. Nesting Nest-ing mnterlnl soiled by broken eggs bhould bo replaced with clean straw, liny, or chaff. Nests containing broken brok-en eggs soon becomo Infested with mites and lice, which wlH.r-nuM? tin hens to become uneasy and leave the nest. This Ik likely to ho tho cause of the loss of vnltmhlo slitlngM of eggs. Kggs laid late In winter or eurlt In spring are frequently Infertile, anil for that reason it is advisable to set several liens at the same lime. After fintn live to seven ilas' Inclination, the time depcmtlng somewhat mi Hi,-color Hi,-color and thlrkuess of the shells, the eggs bliou be tested, the Infertile und dead-germ eggs removed and the fertile ones returned to tlm hen. Tint. In many Instances nil the egg remaining re-maining under several hens may Ik placed under one or two, and the hens from which tho eggs were taken inn be reset. Tor Instance, 30 eggs artfct-i under !i hens nt the same Mini-, tint' Is. 10 under enrhHien. At Hit- end ot 7 days, at which lime tl eggs Mnmh be tested, It may be found that III nn Infertile or huve dead germs leavln only 'M fertile eggs. Theso ai ,.WH ,.. then be put under the two liens utul a new sitting placed under il hir. ben. |