The national standard squab book . SQUABS ONE WEEK OLD,. SQUABS TWO WEEKS OLD. 66 LA-YING AND HATCHING 67 weeks old, it is taken out of the nest and killed and both themature birds are concerned then only with the new sequence of eggs and hatches goes on all the time. If there are not two nests, the two new eggs will be laid inthe nest where are the growing squabs. The parents in theireagerness to sit on the new eggs will push the squabs out ofthe nest and they will die for lack of sustenance. The hen lays the eggs about four oclock in the cock and hen take turns at c
The national standard squab book . SQUABS ONE WEEK OLD,. SQUABS TWO WEEKS OLD. 66 LA-YING AND HATCHING 67 weeks old, it is taken out of the nest and killed and both themature birds are concerned then only with the new sequence of eggs and hatches goes on all the time. If there are not two nests, the two new eggs will be laid inthe nest where are the growing squabs. The parents in theireagerness to sit on the new eggs will push the squabs out ofthe nest and they will die for lack of sustenance. The hen lays the eggs about four oclock in the cock and hen take turns at covering the eggs, the hensitting during the night until about ten oclock in the morning,when the cock relieves her, remaining on until the latter partof the afternoon. When the squabs are taken out for market at the end of fourweeks, the nest bowl and nest box should be cleaned. Ifthis cleaning is done once a week, no trouble from parasiteswill result. In the summer it is well to add a little carbolicacid to the whitewash as an extra precaution. Sprink
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