- 
aoe a PR Des, — 
— are nothing more than boxes lined with fheep- 
-fkins, with the wool outwards, and kept warm 
‘bya ftove: under thefe the Chickens run wher 
they have occafion for warmth, = 2 
‘The heat of the Hen is about 104 degrees by 
Farenheit’s thermometer, this is cight degrees 
warmer than the human body, which is about 96. 
It is faid that Livia hatched an egg inher bofom. 
Livia was the wife of Auguftus Cafar, who lived 
- about 1800 years ago, and was emperor of Rome. 
-Pullets, or young Hens, lay when they are. 
about fix months old. The younger Hens lay 
the moft eggs, but the older Hens oo to 
fit the beft. Lg | ’ 
When the Hen has hatdhed fhe is very. aoe: 
of her young. She fcratches the. ground. for 
worms, and fhews them to her Chickens. She 

: attends them with the greateft anxiety, and de- 
fends them againft dogs and men, with a cou- | 
rage, indeed a kind of fury, which fhe poflefles 
at no other time, for the Hen is rather a timid 
. bird. She broods her young under her wings, 
- frequently calls them to her, and informs them 
by a cry which is peculiar, when a bird of prey 
hovers near. Little Chickens can peck foon after 
they are born; though they do not require any 
food immediately. In the egg, the Chicken is 
un B 3 formed 



