BE KIND TO THE HENS.
Treat the hens kindly (says a writer). Never frighten them.'Have your hens "so that you can go among them/without their' showing any fear. If you don't beliovCthis affects their laying, just try a flock of hens that may .' be. laying' well and go among them,, or let a stranger get them nervous and scared. Keep it up a few ; days, arid'sec how your eggs will fall off. I havo a riico flock of buff pullets, .and can go among them and feel perfectly at ease. My flock of Wyandottes aro so tame I have to be careful and not step on them. They oat out of my hands or dish. They know I am their friend, and feel, contented nhd happy in my presence. I would impress tipon all who keep a large or small flock of . fowls to aim at having.them tamo so they will not start at the approach of even a stranger.: Kindness is best. for the animal ' creation. ' It pays in more ways than one •to bo kind. - ...
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 3
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177BE KIND TO THE HENS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 3
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