MAKING A START 
active and restless, and have such great 
wing power that they can rise into the 
air and go over almost any fence, and 
therefore are not well suited to that pur- 
pose; while the medium-sized breeds are, 
for the most part, very quiet and easily 
controlled. I don’t think you would go 
very far amiss in selecting some one of 
the heavy breeds if your fancy runs in 
that direction. However, I would choose 
from among the medium-sized breeds if 
establishing such a plant for myself. 
These breeds make good sitters and 
mothers, so that if you wanted to raise 
a few young birds you could do so with- 
out the expense of an incubator and 
brooder. Of course, if you wanted to 
learn to run an incubator and brooder, 
and get experience along that line, this 
little flock would give you the opportunity 
to do so. And if you wanted to get the 
necessary experience so that sometime in 
the future you would be competent to take 
up some branch of the poultry business 
on a large scale, this little flock will give 
you that experience. 
The house or coop for your back-yard 
poultry plant can be made at home or 
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