NESTING CONTRIVANCES 



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little work. And even then the nests often prove 

 a nuisance, since the fowls roost on them and soil 

 them constantly. A handy contrivance for securing 

 dark nests is shown in figure 65. \\'here the fowl- 

 house is inside another building, or has a hallway, this 

 plan can be easily and conveniently used. Long boxes 

 are used for the nests, each having a partition across 

 the middle with a round opening through it large 

 enough for a hen to pass through. Two other round 

 openings for each nest are made. One in the outside 



FIG 65 : GOOD NESTING ARR.VNGEMENTS 



of the box, as shown, another in the partition of the 

 henpen. Place the box against the outside of the parti- 

 tion so that the two openings will come together, when 

 the hen can enter and pass around into the dark nest. 

 A hinged cover gives access to the eggs. 



Homemade Recording Nest Box — One of the best 

 non-patented devices for keeping egg records is that 

 used at the JMaine experiment station and illustrated 

 herewith (Figure 66). In the drawing are shown two 

 of the completed nests fro*n side to side, one of them 

 closed after the entrance of a hen and the other re- 



