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must be warmed the same as for full-grown poultry ; then 

 a good ventilation without draught, a dry floor, sun light, 

 and a small run. 



The portable artificial mother, particularly recom- 

 mended to breeders and amateurs, is shown by fig. i^j. 

 She performs her duties towards her chickens with far 

 greater success than a hen possibly could do. 



Reference to Perspective Section of Artificial 



Hen. 

 j4 is a glass-covered frame three feet long, fifteen inches 

 wide, two feet high at the apex, and twelve inches at the 

 rise of the glass frame. This forms a dry run in wet and 

 cold weather, c is an air-flue across the frame for the 

 necessary ventilation, and formed of perforated zinc. At 

 each end of this flue a ventilator is fixed, by which the 

 admission of air can be regulated according to the tem- 

 perature of the atmosphere. It will be apparent that 

 chickens are not exposed to draught by this arrangement 

 of ventilation, d'ls a. frame lined with long fleece, under 

 which the chickens will roost the same as under the 

 wings of a hen, and will even prefer the artificial mother, 

 as I have ascertained by experience, e is about one inch 

 deep of ashes, which may be sprinkled over with flour of 

 sulphur : they make a dry and warm footing, and retain 

 the heat; but they should be renewed or sifted once a 

 week, y, the floor, should be slightly covered with sand 

 and renewed every day. ^ is a small door, communicat- 

 ing with the open run. ^ is a glass frame, made to open 

 by means of a slide or by hinges. 



