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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



the upper half of the neck. The breast and body should be 

 plucked clean up to the large tail feathers. Pick the entire 

 underside of the wing; pick the upper part of the wing, 

 from the shoulder to the first joint. Leave the rest of the 



A pair of properly dressed capons. 



wing feathers, which include the primary and secondary 

 feathers, and a garter of feathers about the hocks. 



Guineas should not be picked. Simply dislocate the head 

 and cool out thoroughly. Pigeons should have the head 

 dislocated and the feathers left on. Squabs (young pigeons) 



