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attention you will, your young ones will 

 be rendered remarkably docile and affec- 

 tionate. 



The birds that you intend to rear in this 

 manner should be well fledged or fea- 

 thered, and when taken from the tender 

 protection of the mother, should be placed 

 in a rather dark and secluded situation, 

 (which treatment has the effect of render- 

 ing the subject of it forgetful of the old 

 ones,) and kept in a warm box, lined with 

 cotton, or some substance of a like nature. 



There are some exceptions to this rule, 

 which occasionally occur; as when from 

 the heavy task of breeding, the hen is 

 sometimes taken sick. Then it behoves 

 the fancier immediately to remove the 

 young, as she will be utterly unable to 

 attend to them and they fall ill and die. 

 Consequently, it becomes necessary to 

 bring them up by hand, unless you may 

 have another hen under whom they can 

 be placed. It also frequently happens that 

 a hen is so careless of her young, and 



