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Show ARRANGEMENT OF NEST BOX Cansdlan Expert Recommends Use of Earth or Overturned 8od, Covered With 8trsw or Chaff. A nest can be nude out of an 0I6T boi about 12 Inches square and si inches deep. Professor Graham of th Ontario Agricultural college recommend recom-mend that "some earth or an oven-turned oven-turned sod be placed In the bottom of tho box, taking care to bare the coi hers very full so that no eggs can-roll can-roll out from the hen and Ret chilled Next put on about two Inches ol straw or chaff; and then put a few earthenware eggs Into Ike nest, Plaon the nest In some pen where nothing ran disturb the hen, and put her or after dark. Feed and water must be within easy reach and a dust bathe should also be convenient. If the hen Is setting quietly the next day It will be safe to put the eggs undo her." Another nest box that has given considerable satisfaction, la made Id three compartments. A 12 Inch board cut In three four foot lengths and on , used for the top, one for the back, and the other for the bottom. The partitions and ends are made of the same material cut In one foot lengths. Along the front Is a four Inch atrip to keep In the litter. To this Is hinged a slatted door, which, when opened fur ins a platform In front of the nest. The work of filling the nests and set C i j h zjzhsA iLgftira ba Trail V i Arrangement of Nests. ting the hen can be proceeded with at already described. These boxes man be plied one above the other. When the hens are let off the nestt to feed, the doors of the nest boxes should be closed, which compels the bens to remain on the floor until they have had a chance to feed. The hena will not return to the same nests, but t'als Is rather likely to be of benefit than otherwise. All hens do not e at exactly tho same temperature, and an occasional change averages up ther temperature for all the settings ol eggs. No hen should be allowed to set. unless un-less she Is free from lice. The in action ac-tion of the bird Is conducive to rapid multlnllcatlon of any lice there may be on her. These will make her Irritable Irri-table and a poor setter. In addition, should she bring off a hatch In such a condition, the chicks will be open t Infection. Dust the hen well wltfc flowers of sulphur or some other Insect In-sect powder before setting, and again a day or two before the batch Elvish Elv-ish en. About the seventh day the eggs should be tested, the Infertile ones re moved, and the balance put back In' the nests. After testing It is usually found that tho eggs from four hen can be put under three. This leave one hen with no eggs, and a new settling sett-ling can be put tinder her. When the chicks arrive two or tbreer batches can be put with one hen, which leaves more hens at liberty to sit, or if thero Is no morn hatching to be done they can be put back In the laying pens. |
