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lice. They may be bought ready-made, or may be 

 woven from old bale hay wire or from willow wands. 

 A thorough singeing or scalding will renovate the nest 

 at any time. The nest should have a wooden edge- 

 piece for the hen to alight on, and a large card for 

 dates of sitters is a convenience. 



A plan for transferring sitters is shown at the 

 right of Figure 64. The nest boxes, b, d, are placed 

 on a board platform, e, extending through the partition 

 between a room for layers and another for the sitters. 



FIG 64: THREE USEFUL NEST IDEAS 



When a hen is to be set, the box with hen and eggs 

 is simply pushed through the partition. 



Prevents Dirty Nests Fowls can be prevented 

 from roosting on the edge of their nest boxes by plac- 

 ing a two-inch roller at the front of the boxes, as 

 shown in Figure 64, 1 1 1. The roller revolves easily 

 upon a wooden pin at each end. The sides of the boxes 

 are made slanting for the same reason. 



A New Nesting Arrangement To make dark 

 nests inside a henhouse is a matter involving not a 



