. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 28 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING tious fowls, tireless foragers. If there is any scratching in sight, whether it be a garbage heap, truck garden, cold-frame, manure pile, or rose-bed, the Leghorn will make strenuous efforts to get into it. Therefore, the person who would keep a garden, for flowers or vegetables, had better see to it that his hen yard is securely inclosed with wire netting if he expects to raise Leghorns. If the runs are large enough, Leghorns can be confined within. Fig. 13.—Lakenvelders. a seven-foot fence, as a rule. Once they develop the
. Commercial poultry raising;. Poultry. 28 COMMERCIAL POULTRY RAISING tious fowls, tireless foragers. If there is any scratching in sight, whether it be a garbage heap, truck garden, cold-frame, manure pile, or rose-bed, the Leghorn will make strenuous efforts to get into it. Therefore, the person who would keep a garden, for flowers or vegetables, had better see to it that his hen yard is securely inclosed with wire netting if he expects to raise Leghorns. If the runs are large enough, Leghorns can be confined within. Fig. 13.—Lakenvelders. a seven-foot fence, as a rule. Once they develop the habit of "yard-breaking," however, they will clear this with ease, for they make a practice of half-flying and half-climbing up the netting. Nervousness.—As previously mentioned, the Leghorn is a nervous bird. Whenever danger approaches, or anything that they imagine is dangerous or unusual, their first impulse is to fly out of the way. They abominate the feeling of being 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 Roberts, Howard Armstrong, 1885- [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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