. Biggle poultry book; a concise and practical treatise on the management of farm poultry. GUINEA-FOWI^S. 103 ders their noise will arouse the neighborhood. Theyare great rovers and foragers, destroying many insectsand weed seed, but doing little damage to crops. Formaking a gamey pot-pie no other domestic fowl equalsthe guinea. They lay many small but rich eggs andhave a habit of secreting their nests in the fields andalong fences, seldom ever laying near the farm build-ings. In the hennery they are pugnacious and abusivetoward other fowls, and their unceasing chatter isannoying to some peopl
. Biggle poultry book; a concise and practical treatise on the management of farm poultry. GUINEA-FOWI^S. 103 ders their noise will arouse the neighborhood. Theyare great rovers and foragers, destroying many insectsand weed seed, but doing little damage to crops. Formaking a gamey pot-pie no other domestic fowl equalsthe guinea. They lay many small but rich eggs andhave a habit of secreting their nests in the fields andalong fences, seldom ever laying near the farm build-ings. In the hennery they are pugnacious and abusivetoward other fowls, and their unceasing chatter isannoying to some people. Their good traits over-balance their bad ones and a few should be in everyfarm-yard. ;; One male is sufficient for a flock of six to tenfemales. It is well to set the eggs under a chickenhen. Reared in this way they are more will follow the mother-hen, to her great annoy-. A FLOCK OF PEARL GUINEAS. ance, until they are full-grown. The young are quitehardy and require no special treatment or care differ-ent from chickens or turkeys. The plumage ofthe Pearl Guinea, the most common variety, is agroundwork of blue sprinkled with pearl dots of 104 BIGGLK POUI/fRY BOOK. white. The males usually have some white on theirbreasts, have larger wattles and larger bodies thanthe females. The Whites differ only in color, andare probably a sport of the Pearl. THE PKA-FOWL. The most gorgeous in plumage of all our domesticbirds is a native of Southern Asia and the MalayArchipelago. They are kept for ornamental purposesonly, being of no practical value. One pair is enoughfor a whole neighborhood, as by their shrill cry atnight they can awaken everybody within a radius ofhalf a mile. The mother-hen usually steals her nestand brings up her brood without any assistance.
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