EGG-BATING HENS.
It is a serious drawback upon tbe profits of the poultry yard when the hens eat the eggs, and this is generally brought on in their confinement in summer, to which met villagers and some farmer* have to resort. This seldom occurs in flocks that have their liberty. In this case, as in many others, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The craving for animal foci is met by the great numbers of insects in the summer. With a supply of grain the flock at liberty gathers enough animal food, It out off from it, it must be supplied in their confinement. The maximum production of eggs cannot bo kept up without it, Ono of the cheapest and most effectual sources for those who keep a cow ia skimmed milk. All kinds of poultry become very fond of this, and with green food and grain will do fairly well in a large yard. Other sources of supply are batcher’s offal, fish offal, and chandler's greaves. Hers finding other animal food respect their o«s eggs. In obstinate oases the only effectual cure is the hatchet.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2580, 14 July 1882, Page 3
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190EGG-BATING HENS. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2580, 14 July 1882, Page 3
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