Breeding. 



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conveniently enter or leave it. The box should be 

 placed in one of the ordinary coops, taking care that 

 one. of its bars is movable, either by unscrewing or 

 by raising ; I prefer the former method. The run 

 must be placed in front, and may be made of any 

 convenient size, so that the hen can feed and dust 

 herself. Any wire or wood inclosure that will fit up 



FIG. 4. SIDE VIEW OF SITTING-BOX. 



to the coop will answer the purpose. The hen may 

 be removed through a hole in the roof of the coop. 

 She can be taken off, and fed in the run ; on with- 

 drawing the bar, at the end of fifteen to twenty 

 minutes, she will speedily return to the nest. In very 

 large establishments, like the Maharajah Dhuleep 



