The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-04-13
Semsthing About Hens.

"A subscriber wishes to know what will
cure = hen from eating her own eggs with.
out having to kill the hen.
Easy enough. Give her the eggs from
some other hen. If that won't work, feed
her with lime. Lime, you know has a
tendency to thicken the shell. have
heard OF limefed hen that laid eggs with
shells so thick that they couldn't be crack
ed with sledge-h hammer. This was not
only powerful barricade against the
hen, but also the housewife; and eggs at
thirty cents dozen, or thereabout, it
proved great financial success.
A very simple remedy, and one that can
be easily tested, is to muzzle the hen. If
this is not convenient, administer chloro-
form before she leaves the nest. You can
then remove the egg without danger Of be-
ing tomahawked Don't stand by q hen
till she lays, and then think to steal the
egg 1t won't work. ] undertook it once.
anil carried the scars for six weeks besides
being nearly annihiliated by the rooster,
"One of the most effectual remedies, +"
said farmer, speaking to me on the sub
ject, ''is to shame the hen This can be
done by placing food the most tempting to
her appetite around the nest. knew of a
hen, said be, $50 ashamed by this simple
reminder of her faults, that she left OF the
habit at once, and became o good, respect
able fowl" Whether the above named
receipt will work in all cases or not, / can t
tell, bat all are at liberty to ry it,
Don't think to drive hen 1t cant be
did. have seen them ducked, whipped,
tied mp by the thumbs, blindfolded, and
placed upon short rations for the vile habit
OF setting; but it don't work worth cent
If u barrel was placed over the nest they
would set on top of the barrel; If a
bucket was set on top OF the barrel, they
would set on top Of the bucket; andiif
stick was set on top of the bucket they
would manage somehow to set on top of
that This shows how obstinate hen is
after her mind is once made up. 1t is the
same in regard to eating eggs. II she gets
On idea into her head that she must not
and shall not eat them, she will go
through EN- shell and all, if it takes leg.
Somehow, in this respect, a hen is like
woman; she can't be drove. Persuasion
conquors better than force, even though
chock full of deceit. Therefore, treat a
hen kindly. Lead her upward from her
evil ways through the weight of argument
| knew of a hen that was cured in fifteen
minutes ia this way, by lawyer, who re-
hearsed political speech within hearing
Of her nest 1t may be necessary to state,
however, that the hen died.
The best remedy ever saw; and that
one has proved the most beneficial in all
cases, is called the Patent Egg Dropper
1t is srrrnged with an exit at the bottom
Of the nest for the eggs to drop out OF
sight. The hen, on discovering no egg IN
the nest, will think she has made mis-
take, and will Immediately lay another
egg. This is continued with only short
until there isn't any hen to
lay. was so taken up with this novelty
vi hen first saw it that bought two doz-
en- alta dollar piece. ! will sell the lot
for twenty five cents, postage paid, in or
der to introduce them throughout tue |
The greatest and might say
.he only fault there is with this machine,
/ takes too many hens to keep it in work
ng order
For further information relating TO this
Iubject, read the great Hen Act" passed
n 1881 by the Vermont Legislature,