. Western agriculture. Figure 157.—White Wyandottes Too often, when supplied with a setting of good eggs, theyleave the nest before time for the chicks to hatch, or makevery poor mothers after the chicks are hatched. They areexcellent foragers and will range over considerable territoryif given the opportunity to do so, yet will do fairly well inclose confinement. They are usually hardy and developvery rapidly. Pullets often begin laying when only fourand a half or five months old. The Leghorn, Minorca, ? ?ppi EpfpS ? *. ? ft ? — ? ?- ^ \;rp^rwr*^t** - ~;, Figure 158.—Silver Wyandottes. POULTRY
. Western agriculture. Figure 157.—White Wyandottes Too often, when supplied with a setting of good eggs, theyleave the nest before time for the chicks to hatch, or makevery poor mothers after the chicks are hatched. They areexcellent foragers and will range over considerable territoryif given the opportunity to do so, yet will do fairly well inclose confinement. They are usually hardy and developvery rapidly. Pullets often begin laying when only fourand a half or five months old. The Leghorn, Minorca, ? ?ppi EpfpS ? *. ? ft ? — ? ?- ^ \;rp^rwr*^t** - ~;, Figure 158.—Silver Wyandottes. POULTRY 349. Figure 159.—Single-comb Rhode Island Reds. Hamburg, Spanish, Ancona and Andalusian are the mostcommon fowls of this group. Of the many varieties of thesebreeds the Single-comb White Leghorn is the most popularespecially on the large commercial egg farms. The meat breeds are large, awkward in their movements,sluggish, easily confined, persistent sitters, and poor for-agers. They are gentle, easily handled, and take on fleshreadily, yet mature rather slowly. One of the problems in
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