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TWENTY LESSONS ON POULTRY KEEPING 



broken of broodiness in a shorter length of time than if 

 there were solid floors in the coops. If broody hens are well 

 housed, and are fed and watered properly so as to keep their 



Fig. 42. — Broody coop. 



flesh up, they will go back to laying in a few days. If it is 

 desired to set a broody hen, she should be placed separate in 

 a hatching box that will permit her to get to her own nest, 

 but will prevent the other hens from bothering her. 



