POULTRY FIXTURES AND DEVICES 



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SIMPLE TRAP NEST 



Hen depresses E to C, 

 thus raising D and letting; 

 support D B fall. On reach- 

 ing nest E rises and closes 

 opening. Hinges at A and 

 B. 



poultryman which hens are the layers and which 

 the drones. Where one is breeding for egg produc- 

 tion they are a necessity, 

 but where one is keeping 

 hens for market only some 

 of the nests that open 

 into two different pens 

 will be found advan- 

 tageous, because they will 

 allow only such hens as 

 have laid to pass from 

 pen to pen, vinless 

 hens discover that the}' 

 can make progress in this 

 kind of wajr and thus 

 cheat the poultryman. This fact, however, can 

 be readily discovered by counting the number of 

 eggs in the nests and also by counting the number 

 of hens in the pen which was empty in the morning. 

 The way they are used is to have all the hens in 

 one flock in the morning; to count the eggs and in 

 the evening count the hens in the second pen before 

 returning them to the first one for the following day's 

 laying. 



Feeding vessels are of many kinds, several of 

 which are shown. The common V-shaped trough is 

 the simplest, but is objectionable because the fowls 

 are likely to soil the food by standing in it. For 

 cleanliness' sake food, whether dry or wet, grain or 

 ground, should be protected so the fowls cannot 

 soil it. Several types of hoppers suitable for feed- 

 ing dry mash are illustrated ; also devices for pro- 

 , tecting the food of young fowls from larger ones 

 when birds of different ages must be kept together, 

 feeding vessels should be kept scrupulously clean. 



