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it in a clean box, and putting the eggs or 

 young ones, whichever they may happen 

 to be, into it, when it must be put up 

 in the same place, and in the same direc- 

 tion as the box you have removed them 

 from : by adopting this plan, you will find 

 the young birds keep very healthy, and the 

 hen' be extremely attentive to her nest. 



When the young ones leave the box, 

 I would recommend that they should be 

 put into a small feeding cage, made on 

 purpose, with the wires sufficiently wide for 

 the old ones to get their heads through, in 

 order to feed the young ones, which will be 

 more healthy, and at the same time will not 

 give half the trouble in feeding them as 

 when they were loose in the breeding cage, 

 the old birds not being able to follow them 

 about in the latter case, and having them 

 always together in one place, as if they were 

 in a nest. 



When the young birds are abte to feed 

 themselves, take them out of the feed- 

 ing, and put them into a box cage, with a 

 glass slide, in order to prevent them from 

 breaking their feathers, as it takes away 



