. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. PIGEONS FOR MARKET. I31 usually take entire charge of the young besides doing his share of incubations. The two eggs will usually tiatch one male and one female. The natural food of pigeons is grain and the seeds of grasses. They are fond of millet, clover seed and peas, and if allowed to fly when these crops are sown will prove very destructive. Hemp seed is to pigeons what candy is to children. A little may be given them on entering the loft to tame them. For a steady diet the following is commend ed: two parts whole corn, two parts wheat and one part buck- w
. Biggle poultry book;. Poultry. PIGEONS FOR MARKET. I31 usually take entire charge of the young besides doing his share of incubations. The two eggs will usually tiatch one male and one female. The natural food of pigeons is grain and the seeds of grasses. They are fond of millet, clover seed and peas, and if allowed to fly when these crops are sown will prove very destructive. Hemp seed is to pigeons what candy is to children. A little may be given them on entering the loft to tame them. For a steady diet the following is commend ed: two parts whole corn, two parts wheat and one part buck- wheat, all to be old, sound grain. Screenings to be economical should be purchased for one-fifth the price of good wheat. New grain is not good for the squabs. The corn should be a variety having small grains and should in no case be cracked. In order to supply feed for the very young squabs it is well to keep equal parts of bran and corn meal in self-feeding hoopers always before the breeders. Experience has proved that the old ones feed with greater regularity and fatten their young better when the whole grain is supplied at regular hours, tumbler. three times a day, all they will eat up clean. They will not eat grain that is fouled, if they cart avoid it, and should not be compelled to do so. For side dishes they should have ground oyster shell in a box or barrel lid where they can help them- selves, a lump of rock salt and a bit of salt codfish tacked to the side of the loft by several nails, so they can peck at it, but not tear it 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 Biggle, Jacob. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, Wilmer Atkinson co.
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