Standard - bred wyandottes, silver laced, golden laced, white, buff, black and partridge .. . HAVE always had a liking for chicl^ens. I can re-member when I was a boy about six years old Iused to feed the little chicks for my mother, andit was my greatest delight to be with them. Weraised lots of fowls of every imaginable color,size and shape, except standard-breds; of these we hadnone. In those days we knew nothing of fancy mother saw a rooster at a neighbors that wasdifferent from any she had she would trade for him if shepossibly could; therefore we always had plenty of roo
Standard - bred wyandottes, silver laced, golden laced, white, buff, black and partridge .. . HAVE always had a liking for chicl^ens. I can re-member when I was a boy about six years old Iused to feed the little chicks for my mother, andit was my greatest delight to be with them. Weraised lots of fowls of every imaginable color,size and shape, except standard-breds; of these we hadnone. In those days we knew nothing of fancy mother saw a rooster at a neighbors that wasdifferent from any she had she would trade for him if shepossibly could; therefore we always had plenty of roosters. A Group of Line-bred Wyandottes, bred and owned by Mr. LeDuc on the place. In the fall when the young birds were wellmatured we sold the surplus stock. We would go out atnight and I would catch the roosters and hand them tomother. She would pass on them whether they should goto market or be retained as breeders. Every rooster that wasdifferent from the rest or possessed any peculiar markingsor shape, she would keep for a breeder, and these were al-ways in the majority. We always caught our chickens afterdark, for they roosted high up in the trees and were goodflyers. Mother never sold any hens. She said, The henslay eggs and we must keep them; but I am sure she hadsome hens that didnt lay eggs, for they were so old theyhad passed their period of usefulness long before. All theywould do was sit and this they did everywhere and at alltimes. When I came home from the fields and put my horsesin the barn there would be old hens sitting in all the feedboxes, and I was sometimes prompted to
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