. The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production. Poultry. Fig. 18—Showing hen in very poor condition. The feathers being plucked away shows the actual condition of the flesh. We call a hen in this condition "three fingers out of condition," which indicates that her abdomen has shrunken up three fingers. If she now has a capacity of one finger, when in good condition she would be four fingers abdomen; if she has a capacity of two fingers now, she would have five fingers capacity when in good condition. Fig. 20 is somewhat thinner, as indicat
. The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production. Poultry. Fig. 18—Showing hen in very poor condition. The feathers being plucked away shows the actual condition of the flesh. We call a hen in this condition "three fingers out of condition," which indicates that her abdomen has shrunken up three fingers. If she now has a capacity of one finger, when in good condition she would be four fingers abdomen; if she has a capacity of two fingers now, she would have five fingers capacity when in good condition. Fig. 20 is somewhat thinner, as indicated by breast-bone. We call her one finger out of condition. The degrees of condition show the amount of shrinkage in ab- dominal depth. One finger out of condition shows she has shrunken. Fig. 19—Showing hen in good condition. You will note that the flesh is even with^the breast-bone. This hen would show her normal abdominal depth when exam- 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 Hogan, Walter, d. 1921; Quisenberry, T. E. (Thomas E. ), 1875-; American Poultry School. Kansas City, Mo. , American Poultry School
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