THE POULTEY YARD. 



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this way ; but they will try to get through any opening, no 

 matter how small. The pen should be movable, and be 



Portable Hen Mother and Yard. 



frequently changed, or it will soon become foul. When 

 they have a " hen mother," both chicks and ducks do 

 better without a hen than with one. Young ducks are 

 very restless ; they are ever on the move, and heus become 

 nervous at the noise and continuous motion of ducklings, 

 and often lose their heads and trample the little restless 

 things to death. 



Hen Mother and Hen Chickens. A first brood of 

 chickens put into a hen mother may be a week old. They 



Hen Mother, with Run for Chick* or Younn Ducks. 



