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eg^s m :h ibe feet of' th&- fern go between the eg^^. 
mul tlio cbtf juat sstpart, working its way -1^;^ 
^ p»»?vi| thos lessej^iftg • mk of breakage.;- Keating 
biiSKXt fee well rlisisttM'l the chaff, and this f ii|: 
Im &mv ^-^av' 1 .,^.;j*. iisiice ■ dnrfeU piWsod the hen is sitting. Some 
be a^ios^gst her ■ feathers before site is | 
m Uw irritation caused by verm.m. is often ■;; 
■m.^ to ^sltoyid have the date of commencing t 
it$ peiKil then, ii an incubator is at hand^-;; 
U. \% B tmm the hen about three days before^ 
instmd, put them into ’the incubathy;^ 
b,'^;tch 5>*ff ts. m danger of the ben treading on the cbidfe 
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they Birds can be afterwards given to the hen when 
twenty 4m3|T <?dd, a few at a time, and withdrawing a similar ai:ao|ir#t 
of eggJv. md hens do not take kliidly to the little strangers If 
tbssy sec then'ii put through the bars of the coop, the latter .should _ ^ 
slipped in, behind, when th*'-y can nestle under the hen imobsei:v''ed . 
back of the coop being slightly lifted up for the purpose., 
A frequent cause of chicks being unable to extricate themselves 
■the sht'H m tm much, for a dry shell and inner membrane are.mont'.|.? 
bfittfe tlm% 'i:u fhu mtM'^ »tate the nest gets gradually A 
sis the hatcaltby^ v*r. . tm\ as every one knows, the hen then'.- 
shfi very clot;*#,, -A ,: bej^eath her body-; while t^' 
•.:■ hes by that time be# 
It the overdue something mrmi. 
if m mm^:. the exact spot is locai^^;; 
iM >1^3' '■ the membrane carefufly / 
fl' 1 %' the chick wpl speedily 
do Ibc rest.j ■ tU'i'i' it^ way v: ■•¥. # mistake to give too 
chicks to a hm . tiV ' tliorigh ;/«fe at . first to brood 
with ease-, tboy StKf-^- lo -dosyv'r yet ,-f equire to be covof'e-^ 
by .the hen for wanMh. m. easily' get a fatal chhL.-,^, 
By' the U0ie tlie.lHrds of ^ large a brood will 
overcrowd' a coop whe^^ ife: tssp -fe the temperature win 
get too Idgh, and the?, air 
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