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Show Use Judgment in Mating It is poor policy to mate up any fowls, least of all male birds, that have previously shown any signs of disease or weakness. It Is unwise to mate up undersized females to oversized over-sized coarse males, or vice versa. The mating seldom "nicks," and It is almost Impossible to secure medium sized, normal healthy progeny. Born poultry breeders know by Intuition just how many males a certain flock of females fe-males will need to get best results. As a general rule, in flock matings, not more than eight or ten lightweight males are required to 100 females. With heavyweight varieties, ten males are about right, providing there is little lit-tle fighting among males. Otherwise it were best to make smaller flock matings. |