Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . a fewinches to serve as a place upon which the fowls mayalight. A NEST FOR EGG-EATING HENS. In the winter season hens frequently acquire the habitof eating eggs, Sometimes this vice becomes so con-firmed tiiat several hens may be seen waiting for an-other one to leave her nest, or to even drive her off, sothat they may pounce upon the egg, the one that drops itbeing among liic first to break it. In thisstate of affairsthere is no remedy except to find some method of ]iro-tecting the egg from the depredators. Th
Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds and their profitable management . a fewinches to serve as a place upon which the fowls mayalight. A NEST FOR EGG-EATING HENS. In the winter season hens frequently acquire the habitof eating eggs, Sometimes this vice becomes so con-firmed tiiat several hens may be seen waiting for an-other one to leave her nest, or to even drive her off, sothat they may pounce upon the egg, the one that drops itbeing among liic first to break it. In thisstate of affairsthere is no remedy except to find some method of ]iro-tecting the egg from the depredators. The easiest wayof doing this is to contrive a nest in which the egg will POULTRY-HOUSE CONVENIENCKS. 31* drop out of reach. Sucli a nest is sliown in the engrav-ing. It consists of a box with two sloping floors ; oneof these being depressed below the other sufiiciently tomake a space through which the egg can roll down outof the way. An extension of the box with a lid affordsa means by which the eggs can be removed. Upon tliebottom board of tlie nest a wooden or otlier nest egg is. Fig. 21. a fastened by a screw or by cement. The sloping floorsmay be covered with some coarse carpet or cloth, uponwhich it is well to quilt some straw or hay, and thebottom floor should be packed with chaff or moss, uponwhich the eggs may roll without danger of breaking. Ifthe eggs do not roll down at once, they will be jmsheddown by the first attempt of a hen to pick at them. A BARREL HEJS S NEST. A hens nest made of a whole barrel is vastly betterthan one in which the head is knocked out. ami tlic lienis obliged to jump down from the top into her nest, andthus break the eggs. Two staves are cut through im-mediately above the hoops, and again eigfht inches above 38 PROFITS IN POULTRY. the first cut, the pieces cut out, leaving a hole largeenough for the convenience of the hen. Barrels thusarranged are placed in quiet corners, where hens love toseclude themselves, and straw or other material is sup-p
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