| Show ADVANTAGE OF WOODEN HENS HEHS Increased Egg Production Pos Possible Possible Possible sible by Preventing Hens I From Setting DV BY D CHARLES P r 1 Poultry POl I r raisers Ileen naturally seek leek the most favorable results result for foi 01 the tho laying capacity of of their liens hens henl but even evon among breeds br ed of poultry well known knowl as not nil alt the thu hens hen arc arcIn arcIn arcin In fact n c l good layers A A large lars number of them lay la In but few CC eggs Ig and often orten somo of oC these art are much smaller than thun those thole from rom other othel hens of the tile same breed The rhe poultry man maim who would win pe po pecuniary success from rom egg I gg r production must mUl keep u IL 1 close watch upon the lay layIng laying I Ing In hens liens and amid use for further breeding I eggs e s from those thoNe hens liens only upon which I Ithe the he sets time tho seal of o success ss as ns cg producers I According to Darwin all ni of If our do domestic o breeds of poultry are derived from tho ho wild wid fowl and the mode of I lIfe le and an In lii II particular the time propagation n activity of oC this original stock are far I other oIlier than those of the present present domes denies domestic tic tie breeds descended from froni frol It U UThe The Time wild wid fowl owl lays hays from rom seven se n to twelve eggs l Ss und and is then seized w with Ith an eagerness to brood while our domestic hens In general show sImo far less ies Ic s Inclination tion to sit ll Even Een those thoe breeds which arc known know n nus as us brooders lay their eggs being re removed remove removed moved move dally daily from Irom tho ho nest heat nest n mm I larger lar er number of eggs e s before befort they lh y develop tho ho desire to sit It and und some breeds sit alt very ery Cr rarely Yet even een In laying flocks focks much trouble Is ha 11 experienced In practice with individual broody hens Excessive Ic Inclination to brood Is In lImit Itself a sign that that the birds affected arc are reverting toward the original type t pe that Is thoy the are approaching approach In over nearer to lo tho tim natural state which would bo be to lay lav a somali small number of ot eggs and n then hatch h them During the lie time when tho ho hen lien Is sit sitting ting Ung or raising her imer chickens she lays Iny no 00 eggs and some seIne hens are arc scarcely through with wih the labor of o raising one brood when thien the time desire dc lr to 0 sit returns In lii a it I small mal business a few fe such stich hens hemis can greatly great reduce egg ces CIE production While the Inclination to brood In imi a u moderate degree dc rte Is I essential cs to the business bu of o those who raise rise poultry upon ullon a a small mal scale and anti for COI some sonne reason prefer not nol to use UHe Incubators yet et on an excess s of o the tho 01 brooding brood InS propensity must be carefully prevented Now Nosy No how lieu Is I this evil to be met There Thera are few ew means to restrict the lie disposition dl to 10 brood and moat most of those tho o which are known are ale objection objectionable able either because of o the aste of or time which they the involve or because they hey are arc not sufficiently effective or because t of their cruelty There niece h rel Is however one emma method which has Ims been tested for to years carl and anc hits has proved a success In imm checking the tIme tend tendency ency cilcy to 10 revolt to the he broody wild willI type anti and In restoring the time The jhc method mot hod is this First t isolate the lieu hen In a place where she sho h will viii wi have hl no opportunity to sit upon a net nest and amid anda a ii good nourishing feed reed n Including a generous amount of oC green grien will soon suomi re restore r restore store her eh By B this method a it large tion can be he obtained lon eHI without using any an hen means which hll be le cruel lo to the lh With those breeds which arc are given Ien to excessIve sitting nothing can eun be lie done It Is therefore to advisable se ice 10 lect act only breeds of or tIm Iho class closs with only a n few liens hene henl of o the brooding class added for COr work In their own From Froni among among the tIle er lot the lie I host best layers lars bc be selected In lii II order I to maintain iou through those these tho thie 11 qualities lles of oC the tho stock other hens fil that how Iho great greut brooding proclivities should be le removed |
