PROPAGATION 
hen on a nest that has been used by the 
flock for laying purposes, without first 
cleaning and thoroughly disinfecting it. 
Put in new nest material, and be sure the 
nest is free from lice and mites. It should 
be so situated that the laying hens can 
not disturb her. 
A box open at one side makes a good 
nest. It should be fourteen inches square 
and fourteen inches deep for small hens, 
and sixteen inches square and sixteen 
inches deep for large ones. There should 
be a strip five inches wide nailed across 
the lower front of the box to hold the 
nest material in place. Almost any sort 
of a box or barrel can be used for a nest 
by using a little thought in its arrange- 
ment. 
When a hen becomes broody and you 
are ready to sit her, and you desire to 
get her on a nest away from the one that 
she has been laying in, it is best to move 
her after night. She should be handled 
very tenderly and a few nest eggs or 
china eggs left under her for a day or 
two to see that she takes kindly to the 
new nest before giving her the eggs that 
she is to hatch. If a hen can be left on 
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