A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



half high, made of shingle slats covered 

 around the sides, ends, and top with two- 

 inch mesh netting, which is placed over the 

 nest when the hen is first set, if she seems 

 at all restless. Some hens always have to 

 have the cage kept over them, or after feed- 

 ing they go into the wrong nest, leaving 

 their own. Obviously, when the cage is 

 used, food, water, and all the needs must be 

 placed inside. 



Now the question arises, how to know 

 when a hen is desirous to sit. I still remem- 

 ber with shame my own studipity on this 

 simple point. 



Among the first hens I owned was an old 

 Plymouth Rock that soon claimed special 

 notice; for every time I went to feed she 

 came flying off a nest, and an egg met my 

 delighted gaze. Two eggs a day from one 

 hen ! It was phenomenal ! Such a thing 

 was never heard of ! Day after day for two 

 weeks ! 



Then one day the old Dutch woman who 

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