. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools . Fig. 157. Names of the points con- sidered in describing chickens. 1, comb; 2, face; 3, wattles; 4, ear- lobes; 5, hackle; 6, breast; 7, back; 8, saddle; 9, saddle-feathers; 10, sickles; 11, tail-coverts; 12, main tail feathers; 13, wing-bow; 14, wing coverts forming wing-bar; 15, sec- ondaries, wing-Tjay; 16, primaries or flight-feathers, wing-butts; 17, point of breast bone; 18, thighs; 19, hocks; 20, shanks or legs; 21, spur; 22, toes or claws. fowls of all classes are quite delicate and there- fore call for specia
. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools . Fig. 157. Names of the points con- sidered in describing chickens. 1, comb; 2, face; 3, wattles; 4, ear- lobes; 5, hackle; 6, breast; 7, back; 8, saddle; 9, saddle-feathers; 10, sickles; 11, tail-coverts; 12, main tail feathers; 13, wing-bow; 14, wing coverts forming wing-bar; 15, sec- ondaries, wing-Tjay; 16, primaries or flight-feathers, wing-butts; 17, point of breast bone; 18, thighs; 19, hocks; 20, shanks or legs; 21, spur; 22, toes or claws. fowls of all classes are quite delicate and there- fore call for special atten- tion. It is important that they be kept warm and dry until the feathers are fairly well developed. Un- less the mothers are con- fined at night, they will most likely lead the young chickens into the wet, dewy grass in the early morning hours. Nothing is so important as warm, dry coops and regular feeding in rear- ing young chickens, tur- keys, ducks or geese. The
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