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An old hen with little chickens is especially apt to fight a 

 pigeon if she is not used to them being around. The old hen 

 seemingly taks the pigeon to be a hawk and will pounce on 

 it with murder in her heart, often catching and killing or crip- 

 pling the pigeon without its even having an opportunity to fly 

 out of the way. 



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INTERIOR VIEW OF OCTAGON SHAPED SQUAB HOUSE 

 Note aisle in front feed boxes and double nest construction the same 

 in this small house as in the regulation Eggleston plan. 



RAISING PIGEONS FOR PLEASURE 



Aside from the money to be made from breeding squabs, the 

 employment it will furnish and the outdoor recreation, there 

 is so much about pigeons and their habits, men and women, 

 also boys and girls, can become so intensely interested in pigeons 

 and the work of breeding them that it will become a pleasure. 

 This is especially true when there is a fixed purpose to accomplish 

 along the line of breeding; the Carneaux, for instance, will re- 



