The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production . Fig. 4—^Showing right and wrong way to hold arms. 24 THE CALL OF THE HEN. Fig. 4. Note how the right arm is held in Fig. 4. This is not theright way, but it is the way most persons hold the left arm when theyreceive their first lesson. Now, note how the left arm is held; this isthe right position, and it is difficult for me to teach students to holdtheir arms this way. I have to drill them repeatedly before they willdo so. The hand which holds the hen by the legs should be at theheight of the hip; this
The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production . Fig. 4—^Showing right and wrong way to hold arms. 24 THE CALL OF THE HEN. Fig. 4. Note how the right arm is held in Fig. 4. This is not theright way, but it is the way most persons hold the left arm when theyreceive their first lesson. Now, note how the left arm is held; this isthe right position, and it is difficult for me to teach students to holdtheir arms this way. I have to drill them repeatedly before they willdo so. The hand which holds the hen by the legs should be at theheight of the hip; this enables you to use the other hand in examiningthe hen for capacity with greater speed and accuracy. Fig. 5 shows how the writer holds a bird to ascertain its capacityby holding it this way. After long practice, he is enabled to inspectone in a few seconds by having three parties to hand him the birdsand to take them from him. A small, light hen or pullet is best to prac-tice Fig. 5—Showing how a hen may be held while testing capacity. Fig. 6 shows where the head of the bird should be. You will notethat her eyes are covered up so she cant see, and that has a tendencyto keep her quiet while you examine her. Fig. 7 gives an example of testing the capacity of a hen. The handis placed on the abdomen between the two pelvic bones and the rearof the breast-bone; the left hand holding the legs is turned under enoughto bring the thighs away from the point of the breast-bone, so that thethighs will not interfere with measuring the depth of the depth of the abdomen will vary with different hens; some will beone finger (a finger means the width of a finger the widest way; I havecalled it three-fourths of an inch) between the two pelvic bones (some-times called lay bones or vent bones) and the rear of the breast-bone. Some hens will be two fingers between the two pelvic bones and
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