NESTING CONTRIVANCES latch or lever.
The
latch
is
five
inches
59 long-,
one inch
wide and one-half inch thick, and is fastened loosely one inch from its center to the side of the box, so that the outer end is just inside of the door when it is closed.
Pieces of old rubber belting are nailed at the
outside entrance for the door to strike against.
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Roosting and Nesting Device Figure 67 shows a very excellent roosting and nesting device that has done duty in the cold of a Maine winter. It is in use for a small pen of Leghorns a breed that must be
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FIG 69:
NESTS FOR DUCKS
kept warm at night, if eggs are to be had at this season of the year. The roost is put across the corner of the few pen and a piece of burlap is stretched before it crosspieces are laid across the corner at the curtain's upper edge, and on these is piled a lot of waste hay, making a very warm roosting place. The Leghorns
A
hay and lay
their
eggs under
the impression that they are stealing
away
their nests.
delight to fly
Humoring
a
up on
this
Leghorn
in this
way
is
conducive to lay-
As the whole ing, and the eggs can easily be reached. thing can be put up in five minutes' time, there is no excuse for frosted combs on the Leghorns.