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Title: The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production, by the American poultry school
Identifier: callofhenorsci00hoga (find matches)
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Hogan, Walter, d. 1921; American Poultry School
Subjects: Poultry
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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32 THE CALL OF THE HEN. Fig. 4. Note how the right arm is held in Fig. 4. This is not the right way, but it is the way most persons hold the left arm when they receive their first lesson. Now, note how the left arm is held; this is the^ right position, and it is difficult for me to teach students to hold their arms this way. I have to drill them repeatedly before they will do so. The hand which holds the hen by the legs should be at the height of the hip; this enables you to use the other hand in examining the hep for capacity with greater speed and accuracy. Fig. 5 shows how the writer holds a bird to ascertain its capacity by holding it this way. After long practice, he is enabled to inspect one in a few seconds by having three parties to hand him the birds and to take them from him. A small, light hen or pullet is best to prac- tice with.
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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 note that her eyes are covered up so she can't see, and that has a tendencv to keep her quiet while you examine her. a Fig 7 gives an example of testing the capacity of a hen. The hand is placed on the abdomen between the two pelvic bones and the rear ot the breast-bone; the left hand holding the legs is turned under enough to bring the thighs away from the point of the breast-bone, so that the thighs will not interfere with measuring the depth of the abdomen, ine depth of the abdomen will vary with different hens; some will be one nnger (a finger means the width of a finger the widest way; I have called 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, borne hens will be two fingers between the two pelvic_bones and

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