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... mothers of half - bred chickens , by whom Pheasant blood is again transmitted to their pro- geny ; and that Hens , whose plumage in some measure resembles that of the Cock Pheasant , are therefore hybrid individuals , are too vague to ...
... mothers of half - bred chickens , by whom Pheasant blood is again transmitted to their pro- geny ; and that Hens , whose plumage in some measure resembles that of the Cock Pheasant , are therefore hybrid individuals , are too vague to ...
Page xvi
... mother ; we are told how . If the Hen hatches only ten chickens from each set of eggs ( which is considered a low estimate ) this gives eighty chickens per annum from each Hen . Let us work the scheme out a little further . If one Hen ...
... mother ; we are told how . If the Hen hatches only ten chickens from each set of eggs ( which is considered a low estimate ) this gives eighty chickens per annum from each Hen . Let us work the scheme out a little further . If one Hen ...
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... mother in every respect . The Peahen should of course be permitted to take charge of one set of eggs . Even without such assistance she will be tolerably suc- cessful . Those students of poultry who carefully read the " Guinea - fowl ...
... mother in every respect . The Peahen should of course be permitted to take charge of one set of eggs . Even without such assistance she will be tolerably suc- cessful . Those students of poultry who carefully read the " Guinea - fowl ...
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... mother will sink in the stream till her back becomes an easy landing - place , and the nurslings are thus transferred in a secure and downy cradle to fresh feeding - places . But in a restricted beat they must not be left altogether to ...
... mother will sink in the stream till her back becomes an easy landing - place , and the nurslings are thus transferred in a secure and downy cradle to fresh feeding - places . But in a restricted beat they must not be left altogether to ...
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... mother's wings at least eight or ten hours ; if hatched in the afternoon , till the following morning . Then place her on the grass , in the sun , under a roomy coop . If the weather be fine We * Sir J. S. Sebright exposes the folly of ...
... mother's wings at least eight or ten hours ; if hatched in the afternoon , till the following morning . Then place her on the grass , in the sun , under a roomy coop . If the weather be fine We * Sir J. S. Sebright exposes the folly of ...
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Ornamental and Domestic Poultry: Their History and Management Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 240 - And upon a set day, Herod arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying ; It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 26 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.
Page 139 - And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 167 - ... in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 199 - ... would it be too bold to imagine that all warm-blooded animals have arisen from one living filament, which the great First Cause endued with animality...
Page 140 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Page 200 - When thou hidest thy face they are troubled : when thou takest away their breath they die, and are turned again to their dust.
Page 13 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
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Page 257 - tried many experiments by breeding in-and-in, upon dogs, fowls, and pigeons; the dogs became from strong spaniels, weak and diminutive lapdogs; the fowls became long in the legs, small in the body, and bad feeders.