. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. a particularly good layer in winter. Thepullets raised in the spring will lay all eggs are a brownish yellow, sometimespink, and are small but numerous. The hensare the best of layers ; those which lay annually 234 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS jH 1 ^^^^^^H^ ^BnBHB ■^^— ^ .^^1 ^ li ^^^ y.—^-sj ^^^^^^B^^ ^ ■ :W AMU • • Poultry Yard from one hundred and fifty to a hundred andeighty eggs are by no means rare. The weightof the cock is from seven to nine pounds, that ofthe hen from six to seven. They are very hardyin cold wea
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. a particularly good layer in winter. Thepullets raised in the spring will lay all eggs are a brownish yellow, sometimespink, and are small but numerous. The hensare the best of layers ; those which lay annually 234 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS jH 1 ^^^^^^H^ ^BnBHB ■^^— ^ .^^1 ^ li ^^^ y.—^-sj ^^^^^^B^^ ^ ■ :W AMU • • Poultry Yard from one hundred and fifty to a hundred andeighty eggs are by no means rare. The weightof the cock is from seven to nine pounds, that ofthe hen from six to seven. They are very hardyin cold weather, and their crests and combsnever freeze, as those ofother breeds do busy in seekingfood, they are gentle bynature and never run awaytimidly when approached. The Langslians are alsofine, large fowls, muchmore esteemed in Englandthan here, and often foundin other countries. For-merly they were black only,but now we see white andslate colored at the poultryshows. In England, Amer-ica, Holland, Belgium, andFrance they have feathered. White Hen feet, whereas in Austria and Germany bare feetprevail. It is one of the heaviest breeds cock weighs about ten pounds, a hen generally lay well; the eggs are yellow,and are of the usual size. Their white flesh ismuch esteemed, and theyare very easy to fatten. The Houdati is the bestknown French breed raisedin the United but good can besaid of it; it has found ad-mirers the world fowls come from theneighborhood of the townof Houdan. They may beclassed among the nestingfowls as well as among thedecorative or luxurybirds. They must be keptfrom dampness. When itrains, for instance, they Till. GALLINACEOUS TRIBES 235
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