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Age — Two to three months. 



Season — Late spring, summer and early fall. 



Preparation — Withhold all food for at least thirty hours before operating. 

 It- is impossible to do a satisfactory operation on a pullet with a full ali- 

 mentary tract. A fidl abdominal cavity prevents locating and examining 

 the egg cluster, to say nothing of its interference Avitli the operation itself. 



Restraint — On a box or barrel acting as an operating table the pullet is 

 coutined for operation in the same manner as for caponizing. Two pieces 

 of strong cord are procured, u\)(m each end a loop is made. To one end a 

 weight is attached (Fig. 206), after which the free end of one cord is 

 looped above the feet and the other cord is looped around the wings. The 



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Pig. 207— Internal genital organs of hen. B, Egg cluster; F, egg passage. 



pullet is now stretched full length — left side uppermost — on the table. This 

 is a quick and inexpensive method of restraint and at the same time a satis- 

 factory one. 



Instruments—l. Caponizing knife (Fig. 116). 2. Spreaders (Figs. 117, 

 118, 119). 3. Hemostatic or tissue forceps (small size). -4. Curved scissors 

 (Fig. 35). 



Breeds— li is not profitable to attempt to make poulards from the small 

 breeds of chickens. Indian Games, Brahmas, Cochins, Langshans, Plymouth 

 Rocks, Orpingtons, Wyandottes, etc., all make good poulards. 



Anatomij— Home knowledge of the anatomy of the parts involved and 

 their relation is necessary before progress cau be made with this operation. 

 Fig. 207 shows the egg cluster (E) which corresponds to the ovary in 

 animals, and the egg passage (F) which corresponds to the uterus in 



