. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. en. For young birds this is a ver\ try-ing period ; in fact, the influence ofthe molt is so great that some prom-ising young songsters never fullyrecover their powers. It is the cus-tom among breeders in England andthe United States to give the moltingbirds a mixture of hard-boiled egg,biscuit, and Cayenne pepper. At first the)refuse this stinging delicacy, but after a few substance masquerading as Cayenne pepper. V. Inxubationr the incubation ofthe eggs of canariesand of other smallhouse birds, a hatch-ing cage should beirovi
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. en. For young birds this is a ver\ try-ing period ; in fact, the influence ofthe molt is so great that some prom-ising young songsters never fullyrecover their powers. It is the cus-tom among breeders in England andthe United States to give the moltingbirds a mixture of hard-boiled egg,biscuit, and Cayenne pepper. At first the)refuse this stinging delicacy, but after a few substance masquerading as Cayenne pepper. V. Inxubationr the incubation ofthe eggs of canariesand of other smallhouse birds, a hatch-ing cage should beirovided, — one closedon threei>idea,-^-as largeas possible, and so arrangedthat a nest can be easily sus-pended in it. This nest should not bemade with too much art. It shouldbe about two and a half or threeinches deep and should consistchiefly of a solid pouch suspended from the it suits the female she will know, when theproper time comes, how to line it with threads,moss, lint, bits of grass, etc., which must beslipped between the bars of the cage. She. 1)K\ w iTii :! days they become extravagantly fond of it. It usually la\s her eggs early in the morning, —one a day for five or perhaps six days, thoughit often happens that she lays only three or four. >7o OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS
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