. Poultry production. Poultry. 444 POULTRY PRODUCriON Mating is accom])lislied Ijy allowiiifj; tlic unuiatcd Linls to occupy a room coiitaiiiiniT some nest l)oxes. As soon as a i)air is oliser\c(_i to start Ijuildins a nest togetlier tliey sliould be canght, banded, and remox'ed to the breeding loft. Usually about 90 per cent of the birds will mate where upward of one hundred are placed in the mating- room. After a pair is mated tlie cock drives tlie hen until slie deposits her eggs in the nest. A good driver is likely to be a good breeder. Fig. 2(19. Squabs ("peepers"), t\vrlvi>
. Poultry production. Poultry. 444 POULTRY PRODUCriON Mating is accom])lislied Ijy allowiiifj; tlic unuiatcd Linls to occupy a room coiitaiiiiniT some nest l)oxes. As soon as a i)air is oliser\c(_i to start Ijuildins a nest togetlier tliey sliould be canght, banded, and remox'ed to the breeding loft. Usually about 90 per cent of the birds will mate where upward of one hundred are placed in the mating- room. After a pair is mated tlie cock drives tlie hen until slie deposits her eggs in the nest. A good driver is likely to be a good breeder. Fig. 2(19. Squabs ("peepers"), t\vrlvi> nlil. Two eggs arc laid al:)Out thirty-six liours apart and usually hatch betweeji sixteen and eighteen days after the last egg is laid. When the eggs are first fiatcluMl sex cannot be determined, but if both eggs are hatclied and pro\'e to l:)e a pair the cock will usually liatcli about twehc hours earlier than the lien. WJiere two squabs hatch in the same nests of unecpial size they should l.)e chaugi'd from nest to nest so that the pairs are evened up in size. If tliis is not done the earliest hatch or largest Ijird will crowd the smaller one so that it is likelv to 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 Lippincott, William Adams, 1882-1931; Card, Leslie Ellsworth, 1893-. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger
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