110 NATIONAL STANDARD SQUAB BOOK 



illustration so that as the birds peck up the grain, more falls 

 from the hopper. The slit where the birds eat should be 

 about an inch and a half in width, just enough to prevent the 

 grain from running out faster than it is eaten. If the grain is 

 pulled out on the floor, tack a strip of wood, like a lath, so as 

 partly to block the holes. 



Question. Should I cover the yard of the flying pen with 

 your grit? Answer. No. Provide a box and keep our grit in 

 the box. When the pigeons want grit, they will go to the 

 box and get it. 



Question. Are the carrier (flying) pigeons the same breed 

 as your Homers? Answer. Yes. A flying or carrier Homer 

 is a Homer that has been trained to fly a long distance. 



Question. What are artificially fattened squabs? An- 

 swer. An artificially fattened squab is a squab which has 

 been stuffed by hand. Take a syringe and fill it with fattening 

 mixture of gruel-like consistency, open the mouth of the squab 

 and force the contents of the syringe into the crop of the squab. 

 Very few breeders take this trouble to bring their squabs to an 

 extraordinary size. 



Question. I wish you had shipped my breeders in one 

 large crate, then the express charges would not have been so 

 much as for the two crates which you used. Answer. You 

 are mistaken. An express shipment goes by weight and not 

 by number of packages. The express clerks put all the crates 

 going to one customer on the scales together and weigh them 

 all at once and on the total weight the charge is based. They 

 prefer to handle a large shipment in small packages, rather 

 than in one large package. 



Question. Can I use the upper part of my henhouse for 

 pigeons, and if so will the pigeons interfere in the flying pen 

 with the hens? Answer. You may use the upper part of 

 your henhouse and the pigeons will not be harmed by the 

 hens, nor the hens by the pigeons. It is best to build the 

 flying pen in two stories so that the pigeons cannot fly into 

 the henhouse to try to nest. 



Question. To save room, I would like to build my pigeon 

 house in two stories. Answer. That is all right. Build the 

 top flying pen out over and extending beyond the bottom 

 flying pen if you wish to separate the flocks on the ground 

 floor from the flocks upstairs. 



