. Egg-Halcher, or Eccalobeon. Fig. 43 represents an egg-hatcher or Eccalobeon, made of different sizes, with shelves so arranged as to hold from 200 to 800 eggs without touching each other. The outer box is a non-conductor, so as to retain the heat conveyed to every part by water tubes, connected by a reservoir below, tht? bottom of which is heated by the flame from a spirit-lamp. The temperature is indicated by a thermometer on the door in- side, which should be made equal to that of the hen, say about 106° Fahrenheit. Her natural temperature is somewhat ele- vated by the feverish condition o
. Egg-Halcher, or Eccalobeon. Fig. 43 represents an egg-hatcher or Eccalobeon, made of different sizes, with shelves so arranged as to hold from 200 to 800 eggs without touching each other. The outer box is a non-conductor, so as to retain the heat conveyed to every part by water tubes, connected by a reservoir below, tht? bottom of which is heated by the flame from a spirit-lamp. The temperature is indicated by a thermometer on the door in- side, which should be made equal to that of the hen, say about 106° Fahrenheit. Her natural temperature is somewhat ele- vated by the feverish condition of the bird at the period of in- cubation. Chickens require to be kept warm and dry, for a few days after hatching, and they may be fed with hard-boiled eggs, crumbs of bread or pudding, and milk or water, and allowed to scratch in :he gravel in front of the hen, which should be confined in a coop for the first three or four weeks. After
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