 | John Lawrence - Bee culture - 1830 - 410 pages
...under these circumstances, the chance of rearing the young ones is very uncertain, as they are hardly strong enough to meet the cold nights in the Autumn,...circumstances, they may be called profitable birds." I have observed that, "turkeys are both of a roving disposition and extremely heedless. Getting into... | |
 | John Lawrence - Livestock - 1832 - 274 pages
...under these circumstances, the chance of rearing the young ones is very uncertain, as they are hardly strong enough to meet the cold nights in the autumn,...circumstances, they may be called profitable birds.' I have observed that, ' turkeys are both of a roving disposition and extremely heedless. Getting into... | |
 | John Lawrence - Livestock - 1837 - 464 pages
...under these circumstances, the chance of rearing the young ones is very uncertain, as they are hardly strong enough to meet the cold nights in the autumn,...circumstances, they may be called profitable birds." I have observed that, " turkeys are both of a roving disposition and extremely heedless. Getting into... | |
 | John Lawrence - 1842 - 486 pages
...under these circumstances, the chance of rearing the young ones is very uncertain, as they are hardly strong enough to meet the cold nights in the Autumn,...they often become what is called club-footed, and difi. I rather recommend letting 96 THE TURKEY. the hen lay as many eggs as she will, and turning her... | |
 | Walter B. Dickson - Poultry - 1847 - 382 pages
...under these circumstances, the chance of rearing the young ones is very uncertain, as they are hardly strong enough to meet the cold nights in the autumn,...circumstances, they may be called profitable birds. — (Sporting Magazine, August 1824, p. 294.) Mascall mentions similar circumstances, when he says... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - Poultry - 1850 - 342 pages
...under these circumstances, the chance of rearing the young ones is very uncertain, as they are hardly strong enough to meet the cold nights in the autumn,...often become what is called " club-footed," and die. INCUBATION, THE turkey hen is a steady sitter, and in this respect resembles the wild bird — nothing... | |
 | H. D. Richardson - Ducks - 1851 - 190 pages
...under these circumstances, the chance of rearing the young ones is very uncertain, as they are hardly strong enough to meet the cold nights in the autumn,...profitable birds." Mascall is similarly averse to late hatehing. He writes — " Those hennse that lay their eggs later, lay e and sitte, bring up their chickens... | |
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... time, the better chance there is of rearing it ; as the hen which is so turned away, will lay again in a fortnight or three weeks, and thus hatch a second time before the month of July is out. Even under these circumstances, the chance of rearing... 