. Practical poultry production . Poultry. PREPARING BIRDS FOR EXHIBITION 275 cocks, cockerels, hens, pullets, young pens, and old pens. By this is meant that cockerels do not usually compete against cocks, hens against pullets, or young pens against old pens. A cockerel is a male bird under one year old, a cock over one year old. A hen is a female over one year old and a pullet under one year old. This distinction likewise ir %»^^-m Mb flH m mBI^^I u fl y. Figure 269. The correct way to carry a fowl. Figure 270. The incorrect way. applies to the age of the individuals in a young or old pen. A
. Practical poultry production . Poultry. PREPARING BIRDS FOR EXHIBITION 275 cocks, cockerels, hens, pullets, young pens, and old pens. By this is meant that cockerels do not usually compete against cocks, hens against pullets, or young pens against old pens. A cockerel is a male bird under one year old, a cock over one year old. A hen is a female over one year old and a pullet under one year old. This distinction likewise ir %»^^-m Mb flH m mBI^^I u fl y. Figure 269. The correct way to carry a fowl. Figure 270. The incorrect way. applies to the age of the individuals in a young or old pen. A pen consists of one male and four females. Cash and ribbon prizes are usually offered as the first, second and third premiums and ribbons only offered for the fourth and fifth premiums. Cash prizes for pens usually exceed those in value of single bird entries. Usually it takes 3 or 4 entries in a class to win first money. When there are fewer than 3 entries in a class, the first premium. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lamon, Harry M; Kinghorne, J. W. (Joseph William). St. Paul, Minn. : Press of Webb Publishing Co.
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