. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. 29 When the male begins to feed the female, you may rest assured that all is going as it should, and now is the time to put a little cow's hair between the wires of the cage. Do not put in much at a time, however, as the birds will scatter it over the bottom of the cage and render it unfit for use. If for some unknown reason the birds take a dislike to each other and will not mate, it will be necessary to try and discover which one is in fault, and substitute another bird. Two hens can be mated to one male by using a cage with a movabl
. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. 29 When the male begins to feed the female, you may rest assured that all is going as it should, and now is the time to put a little cow's hair between the wires of the cage. Do not put in much at a time, however, as the birds will scatter it over the bottom of the cage and render it unfit for use. If for some unknown reason the birds take a dislike to each other and will not mate, it will be necessary to try and discover which one is in fault, and substitute another bird. Two hens can be mated to one male by using a cage with a movable wire partition, fitted up with two sets of nests. Such a cage is worth | In this kind of breeding cage put the male with one female in one side of the cage, and after the hen has laid all her eggs, put the second hen in the other. BREEDING CAGE. side with the male; after she also has laid her eggs the par- tition can be taken out and the male will help to hatch and feed both nests. After having been mated about a week, the hen will begin to lay one egg each day, until from four to six eggs are laid; upon these she will sit from fourteen to sixteen days, when the eggs should hatch, and in the order in whch they were. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Philadelphia bird food company. [from old catalog]. The Philadelphia bird food companu
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