52 The Hen at Work 



ble in the neighborhood to borrow broody hens. 

 When we have started it off, we are reasonably- 

 sure that it will not decide to change its mind and 

 scream to get out of the cellar, while a five-dollar 

 setting of eggs goes to ruin. 



No lice or mites can attack little chicks hatched 

 in an incubator, and kept in clean quarters. While 

 it is true that hens, properly treated, should be 

 free from lice, the danger of lice on hen-hatched 

 chickens is always greater. 



The chicks hatched in an inqubator can be 

 started all together, fed together, and, being of the 

 same size, develop more evenly, and make a much 

 better appearance than the assorted chicks from 

 hens. Perhaps we do not realize that the familiar 

 wail, "He's pickin' onme, " came from the poultry 

 yard. Where big chickens and little chickens, 

 with or without feathers, run together, some 

 chickens get picked on, and not the big chickens. 

 I have never been able to get the results with my 

 late hatched chickens that the early ones showed. 

 The little brothers always get picked on. 



The matter of feeding the little chicks is really of 

 importance. If we have a hundred chicks, hatched 

 together, we can measure the feed, and adjust the 



