18 Farm Poultry 



of this activity, they like a wide range and ordinarily 

 do best when not closely confined. Many varieties, 

 however, thrive well when kept within inclosures, 

 if the confinement is not too rigorous, and good 

 judgment is exercised in providing other conditions 

 that are most sanitary and congenial to the fowls. 



Whenever inclosures are provided to restrict 

 their range, careful handling is necessary in order 

 that the practice of using their wings as a means 

 of locomotion may be avoided as far as possible. 

 Habit, when once acquired, is not easily changed; 

 consequently breeders find it difficult to correct 

 the annoying tendency to fly on slight provocation 

 when the habit is well formed. Many a fine fowl 

 has suffered the death penalty for continually 

 flying over inclosures. Whenever a few fowls of 

 a flock or pen have acquired the habit of flying 

 over the inclosures or fences, a reasonable modi- 

 fication of the inclosure to correct the evil rarely 

 suffices. It has been said with much aptness 

 that "Egg breeds of fowls, like honey bees, require 

 slow movements and careful handling from the 

 attendant, for success, while hasty movements 

 bring annoyance and disaster." 



All fowls may become gentle and tame by con- 

 tinued careful handling, so that the charac- 

 teristic alertness of the egg breeds need not pre- 

 vent the use of these types, even though tame 

 fowls are required. Leghorn and Minorca hens 



