EXHIBITING POULTRY 



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Exhibition birds must first of all be quite tame; 

 then they should go through a little training so that 

 they will stand up in position when necessary. 



All birds for the show room should be perfectly 

 clean and most white fowls must be properly washed. 

 The legs and combs should also be scrubbed and 

 rubbed with alcohol. After the birds have been 

 washed put them into clean straw covered pens in 

 a warm place. There is quite a little trick in wash- 

 ing birds properly and it requires practice. 



Proper shipping coops is another item. You can- 

 not expect the birds to arrive at their destination in 

 good condition unless the right kind of coops are 

 used for transporting them. Some poultry raisers 

 use any kind of old box or crate, into which they 

 crowd their stock, and the result is broken feathers, 

 picked up combs, and sometimes disease from being 

 exposed to the inclement weather. 



