Show duty dirty feet and feathers Is cause of soiled eggs restricting laying hens bens from muddy yards and ot off grass until dry will aid materially in keeping eggs clean says II 11 1 L wilcke of the iowa state college poultry husbandry staff dirty feathers and foet feet causing dirty eggs may be the result not only of the birds walking over muddy bards but also of dirty floors and the alie dropping platform coarse grael or cinders in front of the house and clean litter or wire floors in the house will correct this trouble gathering eggs often and use of 0 clean nesting material will also help prevent dirty eggs use of excelsior or wood wool in nests which have bottoms of inch hardware cloth will help to present overcrowding and a large number ot of eggs spoiled by broken eggs egg wilcke recommend the use of one nest for each five birds |