American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs . hese signs particularly strong as she lights aftershort flights from one place to another. Males that alreadyhave mated will be attracted by this flirtation, and often takeadvantage of the opportunity to court unmated females whenthey see them strutting around in this fashion. While the maledoes not intend to permanently mate with the female, she doesnot seem to know this, and takes him to be sincere (humannature). Sometimes a male will become so fascinated andintere
American squab culture; a practical work on squab culture covering every phase of the raising, housing and marketing of squabs . hese signs particularly strong as she lights aftershort flights from one place to another. Males that alreadyhave mated will be attracted by this flirtation, and often takeadvantage of the opportunity to court unmated females whenthey see them strutting around in this fashion. While the maledoes not intend to permanently mate with the female, she doesnot seem to know this, and takes him to be sincere (humannature). Sometimes a male will become so fascinated andinterested with his new prospective spouse, that he will deserthis regular mate even though she might have eggs or youngsquabs. In fact, such a condition is more apt to happen if shehas eggs, for the reason if she is on eggs she does not see him; MATING AND SELECTION OF BREEDING STOCK 137 Otherwise, if she is there on the spot, a^d sees what is going on,she will immediately interfere and gi/vei Miss Flirting Female agood picking; but, strange to say, she jdoes not seem to blameher mate, and lays all the blame on ftht weaker PAIR OF CARNEAUXPicture shows cock in the act of cooing to his mate,just beginning to build another nest. This pair is If there is an odd mal^ in the pen, he is apt to cause consid-erable damage, especially if he has secured a nest and hasworked laboriously to entice some prospective mate to his he will change his tactics, by the rule that might makes 138 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE right, and proceeds to try and win him a mate by physicalpower. If he can succeed in wliipping some other male awayfrom his nest, breaking up the family, it is possible for him tosecure a mate in that way; l)ut by liis undertaking, he generallyonh succeeds in breaking eggs, killing young squabs and wear-ing out himself and his antjigonist, without getting the femaleto desert her former mate. The female will invariably contribute to the defense of herliome, and try to protect
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