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lice. They may be bought ready-made, or may be 

 woven from old bale hay wire or from willow wands. 

 A thorough singeing or scalding will renovate the nest 

 at any time. The nest should have a wooden edge- 

 piece for the hen to alight on, and a large card for 

 dates of sitters is a convenience. 



A plan for transferring sitters is shown at the 

 right of Figure 64. The nest boxes, b, d, are placed 

 on a board platform, e, extending through the partition 

 between a room for layers and another for the sitters. 



FIG 64: THREE USEFUL NEST IDEAS 



When a hen is to be set, the box with hen and eggs 

 is simply pushed through the partition. 



Prevents Dirty Nests — Fowls can he prevented 

 from roosting on the edge of their nest boxes by plac- 

 ing a two-inch roller at the front of the boxes, as 

 shown in Figure 64, 1 1 1. The roller revolves easily 

 upon a wooden pin at each end. The sides of the boxes 

 are made slanting for the same reason. 



A New Nesting Arrangement — To make dark 

 nests inside a henhouse is a matter involving not a 



