. Artificial incubating and brooding. find it difficult to uproot. CARE OF THE BREEDING MALE When you get a sound healthy male bird try to keep himin good condition. If he is as gallant and attentive as he shouldbe during the breeding season, he may easily get out of this by removing him from the flock occasionally andfeeding a few tid-bits of fresh meat (cooked or uncooked) freshgreen food and a mixture of hard grains. You will run no riskby keeping him for a day or two in a comfortable coop apartfrom the flock where he cannot see or hear the hens, and it maysave him from wast
. Artificial incubating and brooding. find it difficult to uproot. CARE OF THE BREEDING MALE When you get a sound healthy male bird try to keep himin good condition. If he is as gallant and attentive as he shouldbe during the breeding season, he may easily get out of this by removing him from the flock occasionally andfeeding a few tid-bits of fresh meat (cooked or uncooked) freshgreen food and a mixture of hard grains. You will run no riskby keeping him for a day or two in a comfortable coop apartfrom the flock where he cannot see or hear the hens, and it maysave him from wasting his energies in useless services. Thisis important for an active, attentive male, when running withhis flock, often does not eat a sufficient amount of food to keephimself in the best condition. A little attention given to sup-plying him with occasional meals away from his harem willbe well repaid in the results gained thereby. Keeping the malebird with the hens^will not insure strongly fertile eggs unless 16 THE EGG AND ITS GERM. 6—WHITK WYANDOTrES IN A HARVEST he is well cared for and in good breeding condition. Too manypeople overlook this matter or fail to consider its not pen him up with other males—it leads to bad habitsand is more injurious than continuous running with a flock ofhens. Do not keep him away from the hens too long; a fewdays each month is sufficient, except while molting, when hewill be better if kept in a coop by himself, where he can havea small outdoor run. THE GROWING COCKEREL Mr. .\. J. Silvcrstein, who gave nnich attention to pedigreebreeding and the proper conditions for growing breeders oncetold the writer that he was convinced that while it is a goodtiling to keep the growing pullets away from the cockerels, itis not a good thing to bring up yovmg males in the same man-ner. He recommended that males intended for breeders be sofar as possible brought up in company with a few good, healthyhens, claiming that they thus bec
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