The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production . Fig. 5—Showing how a hen may be held while testing capacity. Fig. 6 shows where the head of the bird should be. You will notethat her eyes are covered up so she cant see, and that has a tendencyto keep her quiet while you examine her. Fig. 7 gives an example of testing the capacity of a hen. The handis placed on the abdomen between the two pelvic bones and the rearof the breast-bone; the left hand holding the legs is turned under enoughto bring the thighs away from the point of the breast-bone, so that
The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production . Fig. 5—Showing how a hen may be held while testing capacity. Fig. 6 shows where the head of the bird should be. You will notethat her eyes are covered up so she cant see, and that has a tendencyto keep her quiet while you examine her. Fig. 7 gives an example of testing the capacity of a hen. The handis placed on the abdomen between the two pelvic bones and the rearof the breast-bone; the left hand holding the legs is turned under enoughto bring the thighs away from the point of the breast-bone, so that thethighs will not interfere with measuring the depth of the depth of the abdomen will vary with different hens; some will beone finger (a finger means the width of a finger the widest way; I havecalled it three-fourths of an inch) between the two pelvic bones (some-times called lay bones or vent bones) and the rear of the breast-bone. Some hens will be two fingers between the two pelvic bones and. Fig. 6—Showing where the hens head should be so she cannot see anything.
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