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her brood in it for a few days. The warmth 

 of the bed underneath, and of the glass over 

 head, is just what they want ; a sack over the 

 cover will shade it, if necessary, from the sun 

 if too hot in the day, and from dew at night ; 

 and air can be either admitted or shut out as 

 occasion may require, without allowing the 

 chick to go out, as the frame is always large 

 enough for them to range in while so young. 



They may be thus left in the house for a 

 couple of days, and fed at least three times a 

 day, with the same food, to which curds may 

 be added ; but on the morrow, if the weather 

 be warm and dry, the basket should be carried 

 with the hen and chickens after feeding, and 

 after the dew is off in the morning, to some 

 sunny spot in the garden, and there left for a 

 few hours : the cover being so far taken off 

 as to allow the free passage of the chicks, 

 which should not yet be permitted to mix with 

 the poultry, and the hen being confined in the 

 basket, to prevent her from tiring her brood 

 by walking them over the ground. The spot 

 most usually chosen is the lawn, on which the 

 little group form an interesting spectacle be- 

 fore the windows of the breakfast-room ; but 



