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

 which will hover it. 



If you have two-year-old hens and want them to lay during the 

 winter, be sure to see that they set during the spring and summer. 

 This gives them a rest, they molt off nicely and will usually lay in 

 winter, but unless they do get this resting process, hens of that age 

 seldom lay in winter. 



Hatch a few pullets in September and they make great layers for 

 the next summer when the older hens are broody and molting. 



AVhen possible, it is always best to use hens for breeding pur- 

 poses. A pullet is an unknown quantity. She may not lay a satis- 

 factory number of eggs, she may go off in color her second year after 

 molt, she may not have sufficient constitution to stand the molt and 

 forcing for egg production, and she may not transmit her good 

 qualities to her offspring. But as a hen, you know what she produced 

 in her pullet year. If she passes through the moult and comes out 

 with a good colored plumage and a bright red comb and starts off 

 to laying well on her second year, you have a hen that in all prob- 

 ability will prove a very valuable bird to you as a breeder. Stand 

 by your good hens until they are at least three years old. 



PROVIDE SHADE FOR YOUR POULTRY. 



If you have your poultry out in an open field or lot it is necessary 

 that you provide them with shade. Fowls intended for exhibition 

 purposes should be kept out of the sun, for their plumage will become 



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Provide shade for your poultry. 



sunburned and present a dead appearance. You can use old loose 

 boards for this purpose, make a light frame and cover it with sacks 

 or cloth, or better still, is to make a light frame structure, all sides 

 open, and cover it with rough boards and over this put composition 

 roofing material. 



