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ELPORD, Dominion Poultry Husbandman Poultry Division. J- H. GRISDALE, B.Agr., Director. TRAP. NESTS Bv F. C. ELFORD. Fa™ °h^fe°x"p'eSS,S %^°^^,^S'TA "" <=»*"' Experimental different types and styles of "ran L^?f L,?"! """"« ">" time dcJSi" rf ita^rZ\-rrtiSt«%-»» '^ -^^^^^^^^^ the mam features in connection wkh«fi.^ ^^"l"-*^ ''"t "^ repair. One^f ffitii,tVt^%"Srrr."K.rno'^Sp''-n7st''^ not trap, .„, t.e trap neat «P nest at all. It may not be possible I X- ■Hit Ml to have a nest that i8 absolutely reliable, in t.at it never misses, but the nearer the nest approaches this the better. .,.,..,.• u n *• „„ Of the four satisfactory nests only one is described in this bulletin, as it is the final choice of the four. It is an adaptation of several nests that have been experimented with, and is of a convenient size, simple in con- struction, easy to handle, and the surest in trapping of any style that has been used on the Farm. In addition to this it takes only a few minutes to make and all the material that is required to construct the trap part is a piece of board eight inches square, two nails, three inches of black wire, and three small wire staples. WHAT IS A TRAP NEST?— A trap nest is a nest upon which the door is so arranged that when it is set the hen can enter the "est but the act of entering springs the trap or door so that it falls and thereby confines the hen into the nest where she has to remain until she is released, wnen the hen is let out the trap is again set and is ready for another hen. WHO SHOULD USE TRAP NESTS.— It is doubtful if the ordinary farmTr who is not doing special breeding should consider the instalment of trlS^neste Trap nests require considerable attention, not only in the three Sr visits required each day, but if a P^of .^ accounUs to be kept ^ al.o means marking the eggs when they are put into the^"^"f fj,«J' Ss Sn thpm in oedieree trays before hatching in such a way that the chiCKS can Kentified when the'y come out, and also the keeping of ^ continual record of the chicks throughout their lives and from one generation to another. This is too much for the ordinary farmer or poultryman to look after but for the specialist breeder and the man who breeds^ lor egg product on Snd who has the time and the inclination to carry out h.s record work the ^?ap nest is absolutely essential and is the only true indication of what individual hens produce. Fig 2 Section of trap nest placed under drop boards. Four nests as they appear when occupied, two with the door or trap ..t and a hen entering one. Farmers can breed up the laying ouaiities of their flocks by using the trap nJsts from November first to say March fir.st or unti they become too busy in the Spring, and take the birds that lay well during this time and mate them with a good vigorous male of a laying strain, and from these SSy take egTs for breeding, or. if this is not practicable, buy each year a 4 male bird from a good laying strain and mate him with the best hens of the flock. It IS poor practice to breed the whole flock, good and bad, but the purchase of such a cockerel each year pays as the male is more than half the flock in the production of eggs, but be sure he comes from high laying feinales, and it is best to go back to the same breeder each year for the This is the practice through which the Poultry Division of the Experi- mental Farm hopes to assist the flocks throughout the Dominion. At the central Fam laying strains are being established, cockerels from these f.^r'°^u^® ^ M,"? supplied the Branch Farms and Experimental Stations where they will be bred to the females kept there and cockerels from these matings will be sold to the farmers in the vicinity Fig. 3. Front view of removable trap nests, made in sections. As this section i« made there .s neither top no; bottom, these bei^P supplied by the drop board and a stationary bottom which also projects far enough in front to form an alighting board «v,n/?v,°l™^'\^ ^^^^.^^..™? TRAP NEST.-The trap nest also show s the time of the year at which the eggs are laid. One hen that lays 100 eggs may be more valuable than another hen that lays 150 because of the time of the year at which she lays them. Eggs in the Winter time are worth trom two to three times hs much as they are worth in the Summer time The trap nest shows conclusively not only the hen that lays the largest number of eggs, but the hen that lays the largest number of eggs at the right time of 2.!iiw '■• f f^ "^!l^ ^^^ ^''°'^ '" *^^* ^^^ '^^'•y handling of the hen makes it possible for the attendant to get acquainted with the individual birds Broodiness. sickness, injuries, etc., can be noted at the start and steps taken wrfn"i.73 ^*^"'"'^ ^I'^^J """'' ^^^t lay undesirable shaped eggs small o? wrinkled eggs, can be detected and weeded out. There is an occasional hen nS wiff Sot'surheT'^^'^' '"^ ^'^^ ""'^^ '''' ^" '''' ^"'^ ^'^ *^^ ^^^ HOW MANY NESTS.— In using trap nests, a sufficient number must be provided or the hens will lay on the floor. As a rule during the heavy laying season there should be at least one nest to every four hens. During the slacker periods, more hens might be allowed to the nest, but it is import- ant that these nests be visited frequently, especially in the forenoons when ,^; ^^ ai'^ 4\ in '41 Jl latledit'thr most of the hens lay. It is well to release the hens at leiWt uiree times before noon, and it is also a good plan when pullets are put into laying quarters for the first time that the trap nest be on hand before the pullets seek elsewhere for a nest. When the young pullet has found a nest for herself in the comer or under the drop board and the trap nest is afterwards introduced, it is very difficult to get the pullet to leave her own nest then to go to the trap, and it is also a problem to get hens that are persistent in laying in the straw to take to the trap nest. Nothing but perseverance on the part of the attend- ant will accomplish this and he should, whenever he finds a hen laying out- side the nest, pick her up and put her in, whether she has laid or not. This done repeatedly without any excitement very often leads her to mend her ways. 1 / o«ii>.- -* _ b "■■ oil Mil 1' * » iM muxiMi WSM It i"^*." • I The figure at Fig. 4. Leg bands, various styles and sizes to fit the chick or turkey, the centre top is a toe punch. LEG BANDS.— When trap nests are used it is necessary to have the birds marked so that they can be distinguished by numbers or otherwise. The most common way of doing this is to leg-band them, either with metal bands giving a number, or, as is practised at the Experimental Farms, they may be numbered with coloured celluloid bands. These bands are in ten colours and each colour represents a figure. By this means the number of the hen can be told without close examination, that is without picking her up and looking at the small leg band to see what number is there. As the hen is released from the nest the attendant at a glance sees the combination of colours and immediately knows the number of the hen. These coloured leg- bands are especially valuable if any particular hen is wanted from the flock. Those who use the numbered bands know what an inconvenience it is to examine each hen to find out the individual that is required, but with the coloured bands she can be picked out from the rest of the flock quite easily. One of the difficulties with leg-bands is that they become displaced and are lost, and this has been the experience to a slight degree with the coloured celluloid bands above referred to, and, where pedigree work is being carried on systematically, the loss of several bands in a year interferes to no little extent with the value of the work, so this year a double system is being in- troduced. The coloured bands are used for convenience in the general trap- nesting, but to insure accuracy a numbered sealed metal band is also being used.