MANAGEMENT 123 
of each day should be taken off the nests, 
placed in the broody coops, and then fed on 
the same kind of mash and the same quan- 
tity of scratch feed they would have received 
if they had remained on the floor of the hen- 
house. They, of course, should have access 
to water or milk—whichever is given as 
drink. The birds should be collected each 
night during the week. Then once a week, for 
instance Saturday morning, all of the birds 
should be allowed to come out of the broody 
coops and come down on the floor of the hen- 
house. Beginning again Saturday night, all 
those on the nests should be put back into 
the broody coop and kept there until the 
next Saturday morning. 
By doing this the birds will be broken up 
in a short time; or, in other words, before 
they have the habit firmly established. If 
they are fed in the same way that they 
would have been if they were laying hens, 
they will be kept in good laying condition 
and will not have to adjust themselves to a 
change of feed and then readjust themselves 
to a second change of feed. 
