Show EGG EATING HABIT caused by absence of some eli ement from fowls fowle feed STARTS IN SPRING OR CR fall not N necessary to kill hen or feed her gentian gentian mustard or other dsa disa unstable substance Substances Provide roomy neaita by R B THOMPSON O mar no naw me mexico agricultural a college it Is common billet that the egg noting eating habit among hens Is caused by the absence ft wine seme element from the food ordinarily time lime or animal food bood tills this Is 19 however out not the common comman cause although although it way may be ba a can cause the habit usually starts la in the spring during the heavy loving laying season or in the fall when the ration pullets are beginning to lay during these two seasons there Is ia a greater granter number of soft shelled eggs caused by the shell secreting portions of the oviduct failing to function in correlation with the other reproducing producing or organs 9 ne therefore from either cause the egg mating eating dabit Is developed by bad in man argement hir or accident remove the cause to correct this habit it Is not necessary to kni kill the hen or to feed her eggs filled with gentian or air mustard or ammonia monte or other disagreeable substances remove the cause and the habit will soon eoon be forgotten if yolk of if egg 1 is noticed on ma the book beak or breast feathers of the hen or if there that I 1 ia a noticeable drop in egg production or II if there ore are signs blom of broken eggs in the nests and on the dropping board it ft Is in time to be looking after the egg eating habit nothing should be left undone to break the hens of this thia habit starne immediately upon discovery it if the hons his are belne being fed the egg shells from the house make sure that the shells are crushed so BO that their id identity tit 1 la its de troed stroked do not discontinue feeding them a as they are a an excellent source a of mineral feed cl clean son the nests and se see e the that I 1 t there S ers IS ie a sufficient quantity of ar cut straw or chaff in th turn for mating ne stIlls darken the nests by bv hung tar ing burlap curt curtains alms in front of them or face train them so BO that the entrance Is a from this the side aide next to the wall make an of the droppings board at im sunrise lee and remove any eggs that may have dropped during the night precautionary measures As precautionary mea measures suris supply the a he hena with I a number A ralso of 11 roomy seat nesta ford an ample amount of risen clean wholesome food in suh such a man manor manner or as to induce exercise keep or the hene hen busy on the range or in the yards so that they will be have no di de sire elre to be around the gesta exempt except monte when loving invin put the IS nests ats about two tet feet from the floor and we use all pow poa alb bahle a means to prevent the hen bena from ling laa on the flow floor A or on the drop plugs board pay heed to the action of the hens hena making c lot observation beron of thoun them at all times |