. Squabs for profit; a practical treatise on the raising of squabs from the egg to market, being a handbook for the beginner and a guide for the experienced breeder. Pigeons. 9o SQUABS FOR PROFIT to see every night that every bird was inside the pen by nightfall. When any did not of themselves go in- side, we caught them and put them where they ought to be. It will not do to expect the birds to go in themselves, for sometimes they will not and sometimes a bird playing the boss will station himelf at the en- trance and prevent all the other birds going in. We have known birds to act this way po
. Squabs for profit; a practical treatise on the raising of squabs from the egg to market, being a handbook for the beginner and a guide for the experienced breeder. Pigeons. 9o SQUABS FOR PROFIT to see every night that every bird was inside the pen by nightfall. When any did not of themselves go in- side, we caught them and put them where they ought to be. It will not do to expect the birds to go in themselves, for sometimes they will not and sometimes a bird playing the boss will station himelf at the en- trance and prevent all the other birds going in. We have known birds to act this way possibly in a spirit of mischief. Once we saw two such birds, one on the inside and the other on the outside of the exit holes, by running. FIG. 35 — YOUNG BIRDS IN THE MATING YABD. along the boards effectually fight off all desiring to enter until one bird put a stop to the bossing. He seemed to act with almost human intelligence. He flew quietly to the farther end of the pen, and putting himself at full speed flew directly at the boss, and giv- ing him a sound cuff, knocked him off the board, went immediately inside and repeated the trick with the other offender. Then he came out and made the cir- cuit of the fly, as much as to say, "you can all come in now, the bosses have quit ;. 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 Rice, William Edward; Cox, William E. New York, O. Judd Company
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