Show BREAKING UP BROODY HANS MEANS PROFIT the following suggestions by byron aider utah agricultural experiment station will bo be of interest inte reit and benefit to poultry ra leors mt A noa o 0 laying ben hen eats up the profit of a laying hen broodiness results in a period of don non production the length of this period depend depends on jhb manner in which broodiness brood iress ie Is handled each day that a broody hen is allowed to ltd its on the nest two or three day days aro are as a rule rui added to this non productive po pa while a hen is broody the he Is living largely on surplus body tissues which must be replaced before she will come into laying condition again if 1 I 1 lowed to remain broody too long and conr quent ly in a run down condition om A it helt may go into a molt in which rase case fihe slie will not lay for a considerable length of time the best beat way to break br es k up a broody ben hen Is to place her in a elai sla bottomed coop with sides of wa wre this broody coop should not be too t re 0 large and is most convenient when 1 lo 10 0 sted in the poultry house itself it phout be he equipped with a goad door as well as a place for keeping food and water thia this broodiness of hen hens is iq not hastened by starving tie tle hen but aim ply lengthens the period t f non prodoc ion tion and mav may force her into luto a molt this Itro brood coop or jail Is very un an conf comfortable 0 table and inco mineo she he can see the hens heni moving about freely she be coined comes my ory restes restless end ana soon forg toast ts her broodiness the length of time re quiren to brek a hen of this habit by menus merall of the brood coop varies with diff different crent hens and with different breeds twp 0 or three day days in this ort sort of coop is usually lieu aily sufficient especially espell ally if it tile heu hen Is s caught arly in the broody period perlo 11 it i is neier never wise ulso to jet let a brogly hen remain on the nest over night thre there fre it is a god practice to go through the depts each night at ausk or ater land stud remove all the hens on bests to the I 1 he broody coop where they ac locked up another effective means of discouraging broodiness among hens is to re nove inove the eggs in the nest soon as possible after they aro are ald laid nest eggs of any kind should never be used |