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Fourth day The pulsation of the heart is distin- 

 guishable by the naked eye. 



Sixth day The chief vessels and organs rudimen- 

 tally formed; the pulsation and circulation of blood 

 apparent. 



Ninth day Intestines and veins formed, and the 

 deposition of flesh and bony substance commenced; the 

 beak for the first time opens. 



Twelfth day The feathers have protruded; the 

 skull has become cartilaginous ; and the first voluntary 

 movement of the chick is made. 



Fifteenth day Organs, vessels, bones, feathers, 

 closely approaching in appearance to the natural state. 



Eighteenth day Vital mechanism nearly developed, 

 and the first sign of life heard from the piping chick. 



Twenty-first day The chicks break the shell, and 

 in two or three hours are quite active and lively. 



We have perused various modes of tending and 

 feeding the young brood, upon its first appearance, but 

 have found none more successful than the following : 



The parent is to be removed, along with the young, 

 to a box or other receptacle, under cover, about four or 

 five feet square, and eighteen inches deep. She, with 

 the brood, are to be placed in a small coop, inside the 

 box, so that she may be secured from treading upon 

 them. A little soft hay should be put into the coop, 

 and some dry sand or earth in a corner of the box, and 

 the food placed within reach of both. 



