. The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production. Poultry. THE CALL OF THE HEN. 99 can find hens such as described here, you will have hens with the mother instinct. They will not be too lazy to take proper care of themselves and their chicks, nor will they want to lay so soon as to neglect their chickens. The nearer you can get to procuring the above type of hens the better success you will have raising chicks with them. CHAPTER XIV. Selecting the Stock for Raising Broilers. A great many of my friends have requested me to write a chapter on how to ra
. The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production. Poultry. THE CALL OF THE HEN. 99 can find hens such as described here, you will have hens with the mother instinct. They will not be too lazy to take proper care of themselves and their chicks, nor will they want to lay so soon as to neglect their chickens. The nearer you can get to procuring the above type of hens the better success you will have raising chicks with them. CHAPTER XIV. Selecting the Stock for Raising Broilers. A great many of my friends have requested me to write a chapter on how to raise broilers, but as there are so many excellent books on the market that describe the process of the feeding, caring for, and raising of broilers a great deal better than I could do it, I will confine myself to the selection of the breeding stock only. The writer has raised Light Brahmas and White Plymouth Rocks for years, and has experimented with them to get the greatest amount of meat from the smallest amount of feed; to get the greatest weight of meat at three months old in the White Rocks and the greatest weight of meat in the Light Brahmas at maturity. In the process I have run up against two distinct proposi- tions: One was a success from a commercial point of view, and the other, while not a financial success, was a success from an epicurean point of view. I will describe the financial proposition first: We will select a pen of hens from our favorite breed, or from Wyan- dottes, Orpingtons, Plymouth Rocks, or Rhode Island Reds. The hens must have large prepotency; they must be six or seven fingers abdomen and their pelvic bones should be ^/s of an inch thick, in good condition. Now you have hens that should lay twelve dozen eggs their first laying year, and they are a paying proposition. Do not breed from them the first year, but wait until they are over one year old; then mate them with a mature cockerel or young cock with large prepotency, with abdomen four fingers d
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