CHAPTER IV 
EDUCATION BEGINS 
T= flight cages to which the young birds are 
removed should not be in the breeding room, 
but in another room, and in that room should 
be a good schoolmaster, so as to teach the young how 
to sing. 
The food given to the birds may be the same as that 
given in the breeding cage, and should be continued 
right through the moulting period. 
It is most essential to success in competition work 
that the birds should be put under the schoolmaster 
at the earliest age possible. When from six to eight 
weeks old, the cocks may be detected by the swelling of 
their throats when attempting to sing. They should be 
removed from the hens, and placed in another flight. 
Some cage them off in small cages, but this is not wise 
before the completion of the moult as the exercise which 
the birds obtain in the flights gives them strength and 
muscle. 
Further instructions as to the management and train- 
ing of the young birds will be found in the chapter 
dealing with ‘‘ Training Rollers for Competition.” 
WINTER MANAGEMENT 
When the breeding season is over, the cages should 
all be thoroughly cleansed by being washed out, dis- 
infected, and dried. The room also should be cleaned, 
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