. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . ks she rears? My answer is, a very marked effect; andif you have never had scaly-legged chicks before you candepend upon having them the first brood you rear undera scaly-legged hen. This is a wrinkle, and you would dowell to bear it in mind. Now as regards nests. I very rarely use anything ex-cept the usual orange boxes which can be purchased fromany of the green grocers for 2d or 3d. I lay these down ontheir sides and nail a strip of wood about four inches deepal
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . ks she rears? My answer is, a very marked effect; andif you have never had scaly-legged chicks before you candepend upon having them the first brood you rear undera scaly-legged hen. This is a wrinkle, and you would dowell to bear it in mind. Now as regards nests. I very rarely use anything ex-cept the usual orange boxes which can be purchased fromany of the green grocers for 2d or 3d. I lay these down ontheir sides and nail a strip of wood about four inches deepalong the front. You will then have three good roomynests. The next thing to do is to get plenty of nice softhay and make a nest-in the shape of a large basin, i. c, hol-low in the middle and nicely roimded at the sides, to preventthe eggs from rolling out when the hen leaves the nest topartake of food. Having put the hen on the nest, give her a dummy eggor two until she is properly settled down, which should nottake more than a few hours. If at the end of that time shedoes not attempt to fly oit when you place your hand under. HOlSE WIIH FOUR HREE1JIXCV PENS. her, it will be quite safe to put the proper eggs under, andthis is best done at night time. When cold winds andfrosty nights are prevalent, it is unwise to give a hen herfull complement of eggs; better two less than one too many,for if she has too many it will make her uneasy and in allprobability she will spoil several eggs in her endeavors toget them all properly under. At the end of four days aftersetting hens, examine the eggs by holding them before acandle. This must be done at night time; the clear eggscan then be taken away, which are easily distinguishedfrom the fertile ones, the latter showing cloudy, and theveins of the germs will be quite distinct. By taking outthe unfertile ones, in addition to making room for the fer- THE BANTAM FOWL. 65 tile ones, it gives them a much better chance of Iteepingthe proper tempe
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