Marking Chickens.
Cut holes in the webs of their feet. Hurt ? Not much, if you do the work the right way. Get a punch that will cut a small round hole, have it sharp, do the work quickly, and the . chicken*. won't know that they are hurt. The koles will never grow up, so if you only have & little system about the marking, and keep a record of the same, you can, by examining the feet and referring to your record, always tell the' age of your heoit. About three years hence yonr record would read something like this : — IBB7. — Chicken marked with one hole in right foot ; 1888 -marked with one hole in left foot ; 1889 — one hole in each foot.
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Southland Times, Issue 9544, 14 June 1887, Page 4
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122Marking Chickens. Southland Times, Issue 9544, 14 June 1887, Page 4
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