The national standard squab book . the squabis fed by its parents. The first food is a liquid secreted inthe crop of both cock and hen, and called pigeons parent pigeons open their bills and the squabs thrusttheir bills within to get sustenance. This supply of pigeonsmilk lasts from five to six days. It gradually grows thickerand in a week is found to be mixed with corn and wheat in smallparticles. When about ten days old, the squabs are eatinghard grain from the crops of the mature cock and hen. Theyfill up at the trough, then take a drink of water and fly tothe nest to minister,.to
The national standard squab book . the squabis fed by its parents. The first food is a liquid secreted inthe crop of both cock and hen, and called pigeons parent pigeons open their bills and the squabs thrusttheir bills within to get sustenance. This supply of pigeonsmilk lasts from five to six days. It gradually grows thickerand in a week is found to be mixed with corn and wheat in smallparticles. When about ten days old, the squabs are eatinghard grain from the crops of the mature cock and hen. Theyfill up at the trough, then take a drink of water and fly tothe nest to minister,.to the little ones. You see how im-portant it is to have food available at all times. In fourteen, fifteen or sixteen davs after the first pair ofsquabs have been hatched, the cock begins driving thehen again. This shows the necessity of a second nest for thepair. In this second nest the hen lays two more eggs, andthe care of the first pair of squabs, now between two and threeweeks old, devolves upon the cock. When this pair is four. SQUABS ONE WEEK OLD,
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