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Title: Pigeons: their structure, varieties, habits, and management
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816-1912 Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906, ill Hanson, Elisha, former owner. DSI Leighton Bros. (Printer), printer of plates
Subjects: Pigeons Pigeon breeds
Publisher: London, New York : G. Routledge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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from each other, by which meansthey will be less liable to mistake each others home ; and so he must proceed, tillthe whole are well acquainted with their respective abodes. Great care should betaken to prevent a cock getting master of two pens, for if once he gets a habitof going into another birds pen, be assured he will never rest till he has driventhat cock and hen from their house, and spoilt their eggs or killed their youngones. When this is become very troublesome, the only remedy is to put him andhis hen into another room, for it is almost impossible to break him of this trick,if once he gets master. Thus the advantage of dividing the loft is clearly shown,for without this convenience he must be under the necessity of keeping that pairof birds constantly penned up, which would be very prejudicial to their health,and fill them with vermin. During this period, the young fancier must bestow alittle time in watching them, and putting them a few times into their own pens, - ■ *.
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THE SHORT-FACED TUMBLED. 121 if they are at a loss to find them. By attending to these rules, the birds willsoon become steady and settled. Particular care should also be taken always togive the cock the same habitation he had last year; if not, he will get master oftwo pens, and occasion the difficulty just mentioned. The same care is notnecessary with regard to the hens: they will always follow their cocks, whenthoroughly matched. In a week from pairing or matching, some of the hens will be near laying,which will be plainly discovered by the anxiety of the cock in continually drivinghis hen from place to place, till she goes on the nest; and the nearer she is tolaying, the greater is his anxiety. It is also discernible by the hens sitting on aheap, with her feathers set up, as if she was cold and unwell, and by a greatprotuberance on the rump, and a depression or hanging of the tail. When thesesymptoms are perceived, care should be taken to make them a good nest of softstraw, well r

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