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or two hens with chicks. Two seldom do well together, but with 

 three, any chick which is cold can usually find some one of the hens 

 which will hover it. 



The old way. 



The new and proper way. 



HOW TO PROTECT CHICKENS FROM HAWKS AND CROWS. 



The old-fashioned method of fixing up "scare crows," fixing up 

 a dummy and covering it with old clothes, is not as effective as we 

 desire. The hawks and crows soon learn that no harm can come from 

 it, and they become very bold and prey upon your young chicks in 

 spite of the "scare crow." 



If you only raise a few chickens, and you suffer loss because of 

 hawks or crows, it is sometimes advisable to build runs like those 

 shown in this illustration, and place these runs in front of your coops. 

 The birds can be kept in these runs continuously and the coops moved 



