February, 1912 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
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there; one must look quickly, for the lice 
move with incredible swiftness, and the 
insect powder must reach them before 
they have time to escape. Then the 
head and neck must be examined for the 
head lice which are so deadly to the 
young chicks, as this variety of lice leave 
the hen.as soon as the chicks are hatched 
and take up their abode upon their heads 
and necks where they attach themselves 
and drain away the life blood, and if not 
ousted soon cause the death of the 
chicken. These are the important points 
for treatment, but the whole surface of 
the body should receive a dusting of in- 
sect powder—the best for the purpose 
being the Prussian Insect Powder, which 
kills instantly any louse with which it 
comes in contact. 
The nest in which the hen is sitting 
should also be well dusted and the hen 
placed back again for a day or two, when 
the dusting should be repeated to remove 
any lice which escaped or have hatched 
in the interim, and this dusting should 
be once more repeated ere the hen is al- 
lowed to sit. 
A place entirely apart from the other 
fowls should be selected for setting her; 
it will not do at all to set the hen in the 
hen park or house, as the other hens will 
cause trouble by laying to her, or even 
getting into the nest to scratch in the 
straw or bedding, and much damage to 
the eggs will ensue if the hen is not even- 
tually driven to abandon her nest. A 
quiet place where the nest can be placed 
on the ground, but under shelter, and 
where the hen can come and go on her 
nest, is best in every way, and if this is 
also a place the young chicks can be 
reared in, so much the better. A separate 
park for the purpose, or a barnyard with 
an open shed meets all requirements. 
For a nest I have a strong prejudice in 
favor of barrels turned on their side on 
the ground, and rarely use anything else; 
these are sufficiently roomy and free 
from the deadly corners which make 
boxes so objectionable; where boxes 
must be used strips of wood should be 
nailed in each corner to cut them off and 
make an octagon of the box. There is 
no escape for a little chicken in a box 
when the hen becomes uneasy, as she 
sometimes will, and begins to turn every- 
thing upside down, but in a barrel they 
will climb up the sides, finding ample 
foot-hold on the projecting edges of the 
staves, or if the barrel is open they can 
readily escape. 
Boards for closing the ends of the bar- 
rels at night should be provided and 
every effort made to protect the contents 
from marauding cats and rats, which lat- 
ter will steal the eggs and little chicks 
from beneath the hen if admission to the 
barrel is possible. 
I prefer to set my hens in the morning 
when both I and the hen can see what 
we are about. I make a nice nest of 
straw, or of sawdust, and place the eggs 
therein, and then go for my hen. I sit 
down in front of the barrel with her in 
my lap facing the nest and where she 
can see little else than the interior of the 
barrel and its tempting array of eggs; 
after a few moments’ survey she will 
almost invariably step into the nest for a 
closer inspection, step over the nest, turn 
around and begin to feel of the eggs with 
her bill, finally ending by sitting down 
over them and tucking them away under 
her breast and wings, when, with a final 
flutter and settling of feathers, the work 
of incubation has begun and there is 
almost never anv further trouble thereafter. 
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