| 单词 | cockerel |
| 例句 | Mermaid clouds drifted over the glebe, over the cockerel tree, over the Malvern Hills. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z After all, it could easily have been understood that I was suggesting the landlord's wife resembled a cockerel - an intention that had not remotely entered my head at the time. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The cockerel crows the next morning when it’s still dark. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The cockerel tree you can see from my bedroom wasn't running left to right now, it was running right to left. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Napoleon himself, attended by his dogs and his cockerel, came down to inspect the completed work; he personally congratulated the animals on their achievement, and announced that the mill would be named Napoleon Mill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The dogs flanked the procession and at the head of all marched Napoleon’s black cockerel. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He had made arrangements with the cockerel to call him three-quarters of an hour earlier in the mornings instead of half an hour. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Was this the boy in the mask who had strutted like a cockerel ahead of the others across St. Mark’s Square? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Last November, the college announced that the cockerel must be returned. This Art Was Looted 123 Years Ago. Will It Ever Be Returned? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z There is a chill in the air and the gazebo in the town’s central square is decorated with pumpkins, porcelain pigs and cockerels that nestle among haystacks and horns of plenty. 'It's sunny and safe': why Gilmore Girls is perfect comfort TV 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z It wasn’t the farmyard cockerel that finally woke us from our slumbers. Bedding down in a gypsy caravan in a Scottish field His own version quotes just a few of Fokine’s movements, particularly in the sharp, jerky choreography for the cockerel. ‘The Golden Cockerel’ Is a Ballet Bird With a Kick 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Like Fritsch's cockerel, but unlike Locke's work, it avoids being kitsch. Fourth plinth battle: the heroic child takes the cake 2010-08-19T14:44:00Z Surprise: There are dancing chickens and a cockerel — but there’s also a real pony. Review: Dancing Chickens and a Real Pony in American Ballet Theater’s Comic Pastoral 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z An astrologer offers a solution: a golden cockerel who will crow whenever danger is nigh. ‘The Golden Cockerel’ Is a Ballet Bird With a Kick 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z A ceramic cockerel sits proudly atop the breakfast bar. California mosaic house is a romantic homage to two artists 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z So I tell her that there is a marmalade cat purring on Dad's gravestone, and cockerels are crowing and black-eyed bulbuls are chirping and hopping from branch to branch of the jacaranda trees. Robert Mugabe's brutal 2008 crackdown: torture, death and a stolen election 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z As brilliant as the role of the cockerel is, the ballet belongs to them. ‘The Golden Cockerel’ Is a Ballet Bird With a Kick 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z A child on a rocking horse and a giant cockerel, both by artists based in Germany, have been chosen as the next works of art to grace the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. Rocking child takes plinth 2011-01-14T12:05:53Z The cockerel is a popular motif in modernist art, symbolising regeneration, awakening and strength. Rocking child takes plinth 2011-01-14T12:05:53Z You have the admirals, the generals and then the cockerel. Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth faces huge cock up 2010-08-19T14:10:00Z And at 42, I was starting to feel less spring cockerel than rusty rooster. Diary of a Sperm Banker 2014-04-04T22:42:40Z The cockerel's carefully sculpted plumage echoes the folds of the admiral's uniform, while the natty crest looks a bit like his hat. Katharina Fritsch on her Fourth Plinth cockerel sculpture: 'I didn't want to make fun – but I was invited' 2013-07-24T18:29:00Z Then, in a magical reversal, the cockerel springs to life and kills the czar. ‘The Golden Cockerel’ Is a Ballet Bird With a Kick 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z A fairy-tale atmosphere suffuses the four of bells, a sly fox striding a country lane, using two walking sticks, a sack filled with cockerels thrown over his shoulder. With These Cards, Every Hand’s a Winner 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Actually, it housed the family rooster, or cockerel; Romany were traditionally keen on cockfighting as a sport. Bedding down in a gypsy caravan in a Scottish field Before he's even had a chance to roost, Fritsch's cockerel has already ruffled some feathers – as has become traditional with the Fourth Plinth programme, which has seen a rolling series of artworks on the site. Katharina Fritsch on her Fourth Plinth cockerel sculpture: 'I didn't want to make fun – but I was invited' 2013-07-24T18:29:00Z The patriarch gestures in alarm at the sight of his offspring’s enormous, elaborately sculptural wig, which is so tall the youth must use his sword to tip the little cockerel hat perched on its summit. Art Review: ?Infinite Jest? at the Metropolitan Museum - Review 2011-09-15T21:19:50Z Nineteenth-century historian Thomas Carlyle was famously infuriated by noise at his home in Chelsea, including crowing cockerels and an organ grinder. Please be quiet: my search for a noise-free life 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Or throwing a poor cockerel into the pen with the lady chickens to be bashed and bullied, literally hen-pecked. How to Live a Simple Life 2010-05-07T22:05:00Z At a larger island called Daku, fronted by a powdery beach, fishermen mended their nets, children showed us their little brightly painted wood boats, and cockerels crowed periodically in the village’s front yards. Next Stop : Surfing and Serenity on a Remote Philippine Island 2013-06-05T15:47:04Z It shows a young Asian man with a cockerel in his hands, the bird clearly destined for the dinner table. Review: Seattle artist creates entire worlds with paper and scissors 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z A cockerel laying an egg, after all, was a "heinous and unnatural crime," the court found. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z We might also remember that his last words, according to Plato, were advice to his friends to sacrifice a cockerel to the god Asclepius. Clash of the Titans and the classics 2010-04-13T10:52:00Z Goats, lizards, cockerels and drug dealers jostle for space and screen time, but the pig reigns supreme. | 'La Soga': A Raw Look at Corruption in the Dominican Republic 2010-08-13T04:13:00Z People carrying cockerels in slings or under their arms travel to these venues by horse-drawn carriage, bicycle or in candy-colored vintage American cars. Cockfighting in Cuba: clandestine venues, state arenas 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z It’s a strange story, in which the cockerel plays only a small but crucial part. ‘The Golden Cockerel’ Is a Ballet Bird With a Kick 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z She noted its context among "male persons standing on pedestals" – but also amid London's own living cockerels. Big blue cock erected on fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square 2013-07-25T15:13:58Z She later explained she had to "say a particular word, the abbreviation of cockerel, several times during a speech on the floor". Penny Mordaunt: A very quick guide to the rising star who might be PM 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Items include 12 brass plaques, known as Benin Bronzes, a brass cockerel and a key to the king's palace. Horniman Museum to return 72 artefacts to Nigeria 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z "We recently accepted a group of dumped cockerels, for which we had no history on these abandoned animals," a spokesperson said. Avian flu outbreak sees birds culled at Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Yet as much as he loved playing football, he was as content catching grasshoppers or training cockerels for fighting. The Brazil & Barcelona great who never dared to dream 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z In Cambridge itself, a bronze cockerel looted in a British raid was removed from display at Jesus College, in 2016, and returned to Nigeria last month. Cambridge sculpture makes a stand on culture wars 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z A statue of a cockerel is one priceless artefact soon to be welcomed home, after Jesus College handed it over to a delegation from Nigeria at a ceremony at Cambridge University on Wednesday. Benin Bronzes: 'My great-grandfather sculpted the looted treasures' 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z The master of a Cambridge University college has described the return of a looted bronze cockerel to representatives of Nigeria as a "momentous occasion". Cambridge University college hands back looted cockerel to Nigeria 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z The sculpture of a cockerel was one of hundreds of Benin Bronzes that were pillaged from the once mighty Kingdom of Benin, located in what is now Nigeria. Cambridge college returns looted Bronze to Nigeria, setting precedent 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z A bronze cockerel kept at Cambridge University that had been looted in a British raid on what is now Nigeria will be handed back this month. Cambridge University's Jesus College bronze cockerel to be returned 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z The sanctuary cares for 350 rescued or special needs animals on farmland, and was recently served with noise abatement notices over it's loud cockerels. Council officials' blunder over 'proper whack' planning decisions 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Pascal Bruckner, a writer, said: “Why the obsession? Because with Napoleon, the Gallic cockerel became an imperial eagle. Now it’s just a tired old hen on its bell tower.” France Battles Over Whether to Cancel or Celebrate Napoleon 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The college's Legacy of Slavery Working Party concluded in 2019 that the cockerel "belongs with the current Oba at the Court of Benin". Cambridge University college hands back looted cockerel to Nigeria 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z After being looted, the cockerel was given to Jesus College in 1905 by the father of a student. Cambridge college returns looted Bronze to Nigeria, setting precedent 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Jesus College's bronze cockerel, donated by a parent of a student, took pride of place in the college dining hall. Cambridge University's Jesus College bronze cockerel to be returned 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Owner Amey James was told she would be fined if the animals - specifically the geese and cockerels - were not hushed. Happy Pants Ranch: Sittingbourne animal charity faces fine 'over noisy geese' 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Last year, a French court ruled in favour of a cockerel owner after her bird's early morning crowing provoked a noise pollution complaint from neighbours. French man guilty of shooting and impaling rowdy rooster 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z “One of the things that is difficult to find these days is rice,” said the 61-year-old, who recently acquired five chickens and a cockerel and wants to install rabbit cages next. Facing crisis, Cuba calls on citizens to grow more of their own food 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z A statement says the statue of a cockerel was looted from the Court of Benin in 1897 and given to the school several years later. Cambridge to return looted bronze statue to Nigeria 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Then, in 1908, under the headline “A Poolsbrook Fowl Robbery,” it was reported that Trainer had been charged with stealing a cockerel and three hens. The Wales striker with more criminal convictions than caps 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Miss James said the council officer who issued the letter said the noise complaint related specifically to the geese and cockerels. Happy Pants Ranch: Sittingbourne animal charity faces fine 'over noisy geese' 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z The fights are now limited to 12 minutes — 10 minutes for younger cockerels — or less if a bird stays down for 60 seconds. The Last Days of Legal Cockfighting in Puerto Rico 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z In 1995, faced with a similar case that led to a death notice being served on a cockerel, a French appeal court declared it was impossible to stop the species from crowing. Maurice the noisy cockerel can keep crowing, court rules 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The cockerel is an unofficial symbol of France. Sportsman who bit head off live chicken faces legal action 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z People depend on the land, with dozens heading off to work in the fields as morning breaks, having been woken by cockerels. 'We were burying 10 children a year': how toilets are saving lives in Madagascar 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z The cockerel has been accused of causing noise pollution by a retired couple with a holiday home on the picturesque French island of Oléron. Rooster Maurice in court battle with neighbours 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z In 1995, faced with a similar case that led to a death notice being served on a cockerel, a French appeal court declared it was impossible to stop a rooster crowing. France's famous Maurice the cockerel has day in court at last 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z "During these hours of anguish, I seemed to sense that the old Gallic cockerel was awaking from its torpor," he wrote in an email to parishioners that fellow priests quickly shared. In Notre Dame fire, embers of unity for a fractured France 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z In the brief video apparently made in June, a smiling Larralde is seen sitting at a table with several wine bottles and a cockerel. Sportsman who bit head off live chicken faces legal action 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z “During these hours of anguish, I seemed to sense that the old Gallic cockerel was awaking from its torpor,” he wrote in an email to parishioners that fellow priests quickly shared. In Notre Dame fire, embers of unity for a fractured France 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z But the rooster, who has become something of a local celebrity, received a show of support from cockerel owners who had gathered outside the court building. Rooster Maurice in court battle with neighbours 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z One is the golden cockerel that now perches above the 17,500, single-tier South Stand – the venue’s showstopper. Intimacy, awe and a salute to Gazza: Spurs throw open doors to new home 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Sadly for those with a proud cockerel on their breast, it won’t be the year of the Rooster again until 2029. Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle: Premier League – live! 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z There are cockerels here too, something of a surprise to a townie like me. Gene modified chickens 'lay medicines' 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z At the edge of the frame was a golden cockerel, the symbol of France, between golden lamps, and three carefully placed antique books. Macron’s appeal to French from behind gold desk leaves gilets jaunes unimpressed 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z For Ms Fesseau, and her supporters in the local community, the issue is simple - cockerels are part of the rural way-of-life, and is it unreasonable to demand an end to their crowing. Rooster Maurice in court battle with neighbours 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z But he’s still conscious that “today’s cockerel is tomorrow’s feather duster”. Chris O'Dowd: ‘I was the funny friend of the girls I fancied. It was a comfort’ 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z “We all play for the same jersey, the cockerel. For our country, we give everything we have. As soon as you wear the jersey, we do everything for each other.” Vive le France! And a lot of other nations, too 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Critics say that backyard flock owners’ demand for day-old pullets, or female chicks, leads to more cockerels, or male chicks, being culled or slipping through to eventually wind up in need of homes or dumped. It’s a boy! Chicken owners face a dilemma when hens turn out to be roosters. 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Terriers, geese and perturbed-looking cockerels roamed in between the legs of cantankerous horses. ‘I don’t look like most people’s idea of a Gypsy’ 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The fruit of a bizarre early experiment is on display — a human tooth transplanted into the comb of a cockerel. Rot, drills and inequity: the tangled tale of teeth 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z It has not been confirmed if members of the original cast - including Julia Sawalha as Ginger and Mel Gibson as laid-back American cockerel Rocky Rhodes, will return to voice their respective characters. Chicken Run sequel confirmed by Aardman 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z In the run-up to Christmas it adds a few hundred turkeys and cockerels. How the growth of cities changes farming 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Beyond the cockerel chained up outside, the lackadaisical weapons pat-down at the gate, and the “deposit your firearm here” plaque at the sign-in counter, the place has a bland institutional feel. How Antonio Trillanes Came to Take on Rodrigo Duterte 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Often the only noises come from the odd whirr of a generator, a cockerel's crow, or the sudden appearance of some skittish goats making their way down a side street. Barbuda residents return to pick up pieces 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z A large mural portrays the Puerto Rican nationalists who mounted an armed attack on the House of Representatives in 1954, and a cockerel attacking an American eagle. Puerto Ricans on the mainland United States 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Maurice the French cockerel fancies himself as a bit of a crooner. Cock-a-doodle-don't: French cockerel faces legal action to silence dawn chorus 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z A bronze sculpture of a cockerel that adorned a Cambridge University dining room is among a huge haul of looted antiquities that may now be returned to west Africa. Western museums try to forge deal with west Africa to return the Benin bronzes 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Mrs May will be anxious to avoid any own goals from England's defence that might leave France's trademark cockerel crowing. Theresa May's French PR gamble in meeting Emmanuel Macron - BBC News 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z There was also a thing about people bringing cockerels to the matches – in the 1960s, I think – because the cockerel was on the club’s badge. Goodbye White Hart Lane: an iconic stadium remembered by those who knew it best 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z A massive cockerel, two large medicine balls, a nose sniffing from a bottle marked “Poppers”, a monkey being spanked, a man blindfolded and silenced with a ball-gag ... Grindr's gaymoji: pierced aubergines, a peach on a plate – and a banned ‘T’ 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Not quite like his famous namesake Maurice Chevalier, the late French balladeer; but still, each dawn, Maurice does what nature intended cockerels do: he crows. Cock-a-doodle-don't: French cockerel faces legal action to silence dawn chorus 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Among the looted sculptures is the bronze cockerel known as the Okukor, which was removed from public view earlier this year after Cambridge students called for it to be returned to west Africa. Western museums try to forge deal with west Africa to return the Benin bronzes 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Children who lived at the other end of town would have woken to more rural sounds: cockerels, the bleating of sheep on the hill or dairy farmers bringing their herds in for milking. Aberfan 50 years on: how best to remember the tragedy? 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z According to legend, the cockerel and ball that sits on top of the East Stand, having been relocated from the West Stand in 1958, was full of gold. Goodbye White Hart Lane: an iconic stadium remembered by those who knew it best 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z We meet him in Havana in March among the lambent colours of a floral display in another restaurant garden, with the sound of crowing cockerels drifting through the tropical suburb. Preparing for peace: inside Farc’s Colombian jungle base 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z “I consider we are in a rural setting here and the crowing of the cockerel is part of that setting. Put simply, I will protect the cockerel in order to defend our way of life.” Cock-a-doodle-don't: French cockerel faces legal action to silence dawn chorus 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z However, it was confirmed last week that the cockerel remains at the university. Western museums try to forge deal with west Africa to return the Benin bronzes 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Alternatively, the village witch might explain that a demon had possessed you, and that she could cast the demon out using song, dance and the blood of a black cockerel. Isis is as much an offshoot of our global civilisation as Google 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z There was an old geezer on the ground staff, who was an animal lover, and he would round up the cockerels and take them home. Goodbye White Hart Lane: an iconic stadium remembered by those who knew it best 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z This curious plaything, intended for amusement, is an intricate mechanism comprising the clockwork figures of a peacock, a cockerel, an owl and a squirrel. TRAVEL: ‘White Nights’ of St. Petersburg 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z In 1995, faced with a similar case that led to a death notice being served on a cockerel, a French appeal court declared it was impossible to stop a cockerel crowing. Cock-a-doodle-don't: French cockerel faces legal action to silence dawn chorus 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The latter is reprised on his new album, Earth, an environmentally-themed live album that - unusually - overdubs his performances with the sounds of the animal kingdom, from bees to buzzards; and cows to cockerels. Neil Young gets back to nature - BBC News 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z A cockerel named Balthazar, the unofficial French football mascot for nearly 20 years, has been banned from matches at the forthcoming Euro-16 championships in France. France Euro-16 championships: UEFA bans fan's cockerel from matches - BBC News 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The cockerel and ball has stood the test of time but The Shelf has not. Goodbye White Hart Lane: an iconic stadium remembered by those who knew it best 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z You can hear the tinkling of tiny bells, after which the peacock spreads its tail feathers and the cockerel crows to announce the hour. TRAVEL: ‘White Nights’ of St. Petersburg 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Earlier this week Jesus College in Cambridge was also embroiled in a cultural conundrum when it bowed to student pressure to remove an "imperialist" bronze cockerel from display. Cambridge University Pembroke Phileas Fogg party 'racist' - BBC News 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z She ran the estate’s farm shop and raised chickens - the sale includes a plethora of poultry, from chicken-shaped tureens and Chinese porcelain cockerels to oil paintings of magnificent hens. Collection of Elvis-loving Duchess of Devonshire up for sale 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Balthazar the cockerel came to fame in 1998, when France won the World Cup. France Euro-16 championships: UEFA bans fan's cockerel from matches - BBC News 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z She ran the estate's farm shop and raised chickens — the sale includes a plethora of poultry, from chicken-shaped tureens and Chinese porcelain cockerels to oil paintings of magnificent hens. Possessions of a poultry-raising aristocrat who ran Britain's grandest stately home, was friends with John F. Kennedy and adored Elvis Presley are up for sale at Sotheby's in London 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z The cockerels were buried with men and the hens with women. Chickens Weren’t Always Dinner for Humans 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z EST 14:39 And the excellent Bryan Graham has cockerels against foxes: Related: Tottenham v Leicester City: Premier League – live! Manchester City 0-0 Everton: Premier League – as it happened 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Or was it that the team with the cockerels on their chest were on auto-pilot and barely doing the basics such as tracking back and getting into shape? Football stands together for France before England win on poignant night 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Though always called Balthazar, the actual cockerel has changed many times. France Euro-16 championships: UEFA bans fan's cockerel from matches - BBC News 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals Carnival of the Animals began in the exquisite form of the Swan and ended up as a grand zoological fantasy taking in cockerels, elephants, kangaroos and an aquarium. 'Repugnant', 'uninspired' and 'awful' - works hated by their own composers 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Cash, medicines and cockerels were stolen in previous burglaries, so Mrs Eglan employed a night watchman. Hen rescue centre shuts after raids 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z And the excellent Bryan Graham has cockerels against foxes: Related: Tottenham v Leicester City: Premier League – live! Manchester City 0-0 Everton: Premier League – as it happened 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z They said fights were held there twice a month, with cockerels injected with performance-enhancing drugs. NY police break up cockfighting ring 2014-02-10T09:11:36Z "As nice as it is, the presence of your cockerel would put you in an awkward position vis- a-vis the security teams," explains the letter. France Euro-16 championships: UEFA bans fan's cockerel from matches - BBC News 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Ceramic cockerels and hens are bought and exchanged to help friends and loved ones find a partner. Buying what you want the gods to give you 2014-01-30T02:29:53Z Mainstream sales of Sriracha, widely known as rooster sauce after its cockerel logo, took off over the last few years. The rise of Sriracha chilli sauce 2013-12-21T02:14:20Z On Sunday, men watch as cockerels fight during a traditional cockfighting contest in a rural area near Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo. Africa in pictures: 25-31 October 2013 2013-11-01T18:42:25Z In the town of Mushirfa in northern Israel, the quiet is only broken by the sound of crowing cockerels or the call to prayer from the local mosque. Arab-Israeli's death in Syria raises security fears 2013-10-02T09:04:36Z The Foreign Secretary responded calling Mr Alexander's claims "extraordinary" and likening them to "the story of the cockerel that thought its crowing brought about the dawn." VIDEO: House of Commons 2013-09-12T12:18:49Z Mr. Masunda and the others massed in the field, renamed Freedom Square, within sight of the headquarters of Mr. Mugabe’s party, emblazoned with its towering black cockerel insignia. Zimbabweans Vote in Pivotal Election 2013-07-31T10:28:31Z Mr. Masunda and the others massed in the field, renamed Freedom Square, within sight of the headquarters of Mr. Mugabe’s party headquarters, emblazoned with its towering black cockerel insignia. Mugabe Keeps Grip Before Vote, but the Opposition Grows Bolder 2013-07-31T00:16:50Z Organisers of the competition told the Reuters news agency that people make a living from breeding cockerels as well as placing bets in weekly tournaments. Africa in pictures: 25-31 October 2013 2013-11-01T18:42:25Z He also said he would try and avoid any double entendres when talking about the cockerel. Cockerel unveiled on Fourth Plinth 2013-07-25T10:27:27Z Mike Catt referred to France on Friday as a "wounded animal" but failed to specify whether he expected an onrushing wild boar or a headless cockerel. England expect 'wounded animal' 2013-02-22T22:00:02Z "From cockerel to donkey'" was the pithy headline in L'Equipe; it is mighty hard to disagree. Warren Gatland's British Lions plans may be swamped by England players 2013-02-11T21:51:40Z By 05:30 the cockerels are crowing, the radios are on and the queue at the standpipe is growing. How a tap changed an African village 2012-12-18T07:34:32Z There always used to be nonsense about Spurs and Chinese mythology; how they'd be successful in the Chinese year of the cockerel. Are this season's Premier League kits the worst of all time? 2012-09-27T09:53:19Z It's an everyday kind of object - this regular domestic cockerel with a twist. Cockerel unveiled on Fourth Plinth 2013-07-25T10:27:27Z If they get rid of the horrible badge, apparently showing a cockerel being strangled, we could even flaunt it. Simon Hoggart's Week: Politicians' nonverbal signals are a hard to report 2012-07-27T20:03:01Z Amid the stray dogs and cockerels, most houses now have concrete floors, while two streets in the center have been paved, as Fox promised. Mexico's new president faces long grind on poverty 2012-07-25T21:33:19Z It is a fixture to remind him it is much too early for the cockerels to crow before his team face England and unpredictable co-hosts Ukraine plus durable Sweden in a tricky group. Cautious France wary of England in Group D 2012-06-10T02:14:43Z And here's a cockerel that escaped into the sky! Pictures: Weird shaped clouds in the sky 2012-06-06T16:50:31Z The sculpture has been described as a "domestic cockerel with a twist" The new artwork for the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square, a bright blue cockerel symbolising regeneration and strength, has been unveiled. Cockerel unveiled on Fourth Plinth 2013-07-25T10:27:27Z That of the pullet is carried uprightly, as it ought to be; but in the cockerel, it remains depressed, awaiting the growth of the sickle-feathers. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z I were a young cockerel of twelve when I ran away to sea. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The couple laugh as she adds: "A woman my age is like an aged cockerel - too old to do anything." Kenya's legal same-sex marriages 2012-02-15T09:12:15Z The cockerels show the white face earlier than the pullets, and a blue, shrivelly appearance in the face of the chickens is a better sign of future whiteness than a red fleshiness. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z One London-based conservation group had tried to stop the cockerel - a traditional emblem of France - from being displayed. Cockerel unveiled on Fourth Plinth 2013-07-25T10:27:27Z The cockerel intended for capons should be of the largest breeds, as the Dorking, Cochin China, or the Great Malay. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The old gamecock had lost his spurs, so should the young cockerel. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z If you mean to climb, my young cockerel, we must see more of your spurs and hear less of your scruples. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z In crossing, the cockerels will more or less resemble the male, and the pullets the hen. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z They strained their necks, they craned forward; Consul Bernick himself made his neck as long and distorted as that of a cockerel when it is learning to crow. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z The top-knot of the cockerel inclines to hang more backward than that of the pullets. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Gave to be broken and pounded up for their hawks and falcons, the meat of fowls, cockerels, and doves; had the hooves of their horses bathed in wine. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z What the devil," says he, "does this young, forest-running cockerel mean? The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z They are not common in this country, and most of the fowls sold in the London markets as capons are merely young cockerels well crammed. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z Van Schouten sprang from his great chair of state like a cockerel fluttering from a roost. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z "Forgive that cockerel, gentlemen," said he; "for he knows not yet on which end of him is his tail, nor on which his head." The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Immediately he did this, out stepped a long-legged athletic-looking young cockerel and began to advance against the enemy. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Jasper bought tender young cockerels from a neighbor in the village, conveyed them home under her arm, killed them, and dressed them in various and 296 dainty manners for Mr. Leeson’s meals. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z Those which are cockerels show their flight feathers earliest. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z The pub landlord refused to keep the bird in a box over cruelty concerns A noisy cockerel has received "death threats" from annoyed neighbours due to his early-morning calls, his owner has claimed. Noisy cockerel's 'death threats' 2011-05-27T13:40:15Z Clock with a gold cockerel on top outside White Hart Lane. Running London (A Marathon Endeavour): Leg 26 - Clapton Pond to Edmonton Green 2011-04-10T12:39:00Z At last the cockerel took the final step, craned his neck to its utmost and peered down into the empty pot. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z One of the problems with cockerel noise is it is unpredictable. Noisy cockerel case goes to court 2011-03-09T13:44:10Z He caught up the cockerel and, as he stroked it, looked around at the pullets and thought of the flock they would become. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z These students represented the same message - the cockerel is the symbol of Wallonia while the lion is the symbol of the Flanders region. In pictures 2011-02-18T00:03:30Z "There is a Chinese saying: Today you are a cockerel, tomorrow you are a feather duster." Special Report: After U.S. failure, HSBC pushes into China 2010-12-09T12:48:00Z The Allotments Act 1950 states hens and rabbits are allowed - but cockerels are not mentioned, Burnham Market Parish Council said. How crowing cockerels could fall fowl of the law 2010-05-23T15:10:00Z The court heard that Mr and Mrs Rylands kept "about 52 hens" and five cockerels. Noisy cockerel case goes to court 2011-03-09T13:44:10Z The poultryman from whom Gram and Gramps had bought the original stock had traded fourteen young pullets for fourteen of Bud's pullets and three of Bud's cockerels, with Bud paying express charges both ways. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z They will be larger on the cockerel half, and smaller on the hen half, of the same bird. Scientists crack mystery of half-cock chicken 2010-03-11T12:08:00Z A fine young cockerel, this, of nearly seventeen summers, attired according to the latest mode, and flicking, with a little ebony cane, at the heads of yellow marigolds. A Blot on the Scutcheon It added that the cockerels may be classed as illegal and is taking legal advice. How crowing cockerels could fall fowl of the law 2010-05-23T15:10:00Z He said the council received complaints about cockerel crowing each year, adding that "this is a genuine problem experienced by many people around the country". Noisy cockerel case goes to court 2011-03-09T13:44:10Z Something like half the chicks hatched would probably be cockerels and the other half pullets. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z She had a fine collection of noble-looking young Brahma cockerels, great massive fellows, youthful, innocent, sheepish, and stupid. The Parson O' Dumford One of them, a young cockerel, quite desperately beat its wings and crowed for very terror of death, while it thrust its spurs at the maid's fingers. The Wish A Novel Well," he growled, "you are a cockerel off a good dung-hill, if things be as you say. The Firebrand The officer went into the Morgans' bedroom and, with the window open, noted the cockerel crows were "intrusive, incessant and sufficient to disturb sleep". Noisy cockerel case goes to court 2011-03-09T13:44:10Z He will find me too hot a cockerel, as he calls me, to venture upon our colors again. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Like two young cockerels they stood, fronting each other, heads down, thumbs home to the hilt in red mouths, hackles ready to rise at the least sign—round eyes fixed on round eyes. Shadows of Flames A Novel As to mignons," he said, "you look much more like one yourself, young cockerel. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion But it is a devil's pity that this young cockerel is not fonder of his dinner. The Firebrand Very shortly the cutter came alongside, and we were boarded by a pert young cockerel of a midshipman, with a following of six or eight heavy-jawed British tars. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois You are the same cockerel you always were, Henry," said Tyrrel, with undaunted playfulness; "always warm for the fight. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Here for her sins she is waited upon by—— What were the young cockerels’ names that served Gloriana at table?’ Rewards and Fairies Why, you turned yonder boastful cockerel outside in. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion An uninquisitive man is as hard to find here as an unsociable cockerel. Seeds of Pine The Stripling certainly needed some slight forbearance, for he was in the awkward stage of a young cockerel learning to crow, but the treatment meted out to him by his sister was drastic. Loyal to the School But there's something else one of you cockerels will be wanting to take home with him, and I've a mind not to let him. The Barbarians A cockerel crowed hoarsely from a farm below. Letters from my Windmill “Pouf! he thinks well of himself, that young cockerel, and ’twill likely be my part to clip his spurs. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West At this show I had three of the largest cockerels ever shown at one time by a single exhibitor, their combined weight being 29 pounds. A Virginia Village Vainly the Gallic cockerel spreads his wings That, from a distance, he may seem an eagle. L'Aiglon He isn’t much to look at, but when he speaks he can make the hair in the back of your neck stand out straight like the ruff of a cockerel in a fight.” Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield Meanwhile he heard the ringing crow of a cockerel in the distance, he saw the pale shell of the moon effaced on a blue sky. The Rainbow And so you know this young cockerel, do you? Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West The forms -rel, as in cockerel, pickerel, and -let, as in streamlet, require a separate consideration. A Handbook of the English Language Just listen to the whoop our cockerels give up there. Hurricane Island Oho, my young cockerel, it was but a touch of the gaff, and now that you are ready is reason sufficient why I should prefer to wait. The Doomsman Little you know, my cockerel, how facile a brain your 'bus so lightly bears. Free Air Pooh! if I waited for that no doubt you would pick out some cockerel without so much as a spur to his heel. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West This indicates the nature of words like cockerel. A Handbook of the English Language “Why, drown me, if it ain’t that young cockerel again!” he exclaimed. Athelstane Ford And we stood there, face to face, under the flat prairie sunlight, ridiculously like two cockerels silently estimating each other’s intentions. The Prairie Mother Then he said: 'Poultry, cockerel, now I will do the like by thee.' The Sundering Flood What care I for that young cockerel––but I hate the brood. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West He’s a boy after my own heart, spry as a chipmunk, smart as a young cockerel, and as full of mischief as a monkey. The Candy Country “I will tame this young cockerel, as I would have done before if he had fought me fairly, with the weapons agreed to be used by us.” Athelstane Ford But the mischief was done—some half-dozen young cockerels took the matter up as a joke, and crowed persistently in spite of all remonstrance from the rest of the poultry. Queensland Cousins Presently the cockerel began to struggle, and Chippo, after considering all methods of transport, took the string intended for Jane from his pocket, attached it to the rooster's leg and marched it before him. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 Bah, if I had my way the young cockerel would face a file at our first camp. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West “By the living God, but you carry the thing off bravely, young cockerel!” he exclaimed. The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast “Here’s a fine cockerel come into our own house of call to beard us!” he exclaimed between his profanities. Athelstane Ford With a start of horrified surprise the culprit awoke from her daydreams, to discover that she was flapping her outstretched arms in either aisle like some exultant cockerel just ready to crow. Heart of Gold “But you are not on board your ship, my young cockerel,” said the man mockingly. In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" The crowing cockerel yonder will lose his spurs. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West Nice bit of open turf, quite soft for when you tumble down; and it would just please the men to see my young dandy cockerel’s comb cut after what he did for you.” Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story I never knew that gaily-coloured barn-door cockerels were ‘bad’, and I know that a young peacock is as good as a pheasant; so where is your theory now?” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy A mild general chuckle greeted this sally, cheered by which the speaker added,— "Thought some o' takin' out a policy o' insurance on my cockerel." The Village Convict First published in the "Century Magazine" "American mammoth bronze turkey cockerels, strong, healthy, grand stock birds; 20s. each." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 "Faith," he muttered, "the young cockerel ruffles his feathers early!" and then, again addressing me, he asked, "And where were you going?" At the Point of the Sword I heard the sheep before, but how could I imagine that you, Dorothy, and three boys, as big as cockerels, were sheep-washing? Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) "Little hero!" thought I, "thou art a spitted cockerel already, and yet hope, the blind, the ignorant, has no suspicion of it!" John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn “The spirits obey not the crowing of a cockerel,” reminded Marufa. Witch-Doctors What in hell is that young cockerel crowing about? The Long Roll Not one of the cockerels on the farm dared to speak to him. The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber-Town Tales A sheep, a cockerel, and a duck, were the first aeronauts! Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages There were many classes for poultry, so Winnie decided to send some of her best cockerels, a selection of Buff Orpington chickens, and a pair of big white Aylesbury ducks. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story “Why, you young cockerel,” roared the big fellow, striding up to me, and bringing his left hand down heavily upon my shoulder. To The West None of your ruffling up like a young cockerel and sticking your hackles out because you think your spurs have grown, when you are not much more than fledged, because that won’t do with me. Marcus: the Young Centurion For with a contemptuous laugh the Yankee uttered the one word “cockerel,” and slammed down and fastened the light. The Black Bar “Well crowed, my young cockerel,” said the bluff man, laughing. The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens Then all at once you set up your hackles, and show fight like a young cockerel, and begin bouncing over me—I mean trying to; and it won’t do, young Gowan. In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First “Look here, young cockerel,” he cried, “don’t you try and set my old officer against me.” The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First To go and strut about like a full-plumaged young cockerel in the spring, and look at yourself in a bit of glass!” Marcus: the Young Centurion “Why, you miserable young cockerel,” said the major, “you don’t want to fight?” Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle And turning to one of the men who were standing by, he said: “Cast this young cockerel loose, take him down to his cabin, lock him in, and bring the key to me.” A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron So you refuse to tell us anything, do you, my young cockerel? Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru But if a child sees a cockerel tread a hen, or two dogs coupling, well and good. Fantasia of the Unconscious “Ho, ho, my young cockerel!” cried the old man. Marcus: the Young Centurion That matter of the black cockerel—trifling as it might seem—would have to be cleared up. A Thin Ghost and Others His blood was up and he strangely resembled a little bantam cockerel. With Those Who Wait Probably everyone has seen two young cockerels, standing with their bills together, apparently lost in a Buddhistic reverie, suddenly broken by violence. Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters Right then she called to one of the cockerels, who was near-by. The Tale of Henrietta Hen Devil take me, if it isn't the cockerel whose feathers I've sworn to pluck. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' On a Friday morning it was that a fox, or perhaps a cat, made away with Mrs. Ashton's most prized black cockerel, a bird without a single white feather on its body. A Thin Ghost and Others So bid the women give the young crowing cockerel his supper and prepare to start again. The Adventures of Akbar Then, making a great effort to master his fury, he said: "You are safe in crowing loud, little cockerel; but Captain Muller does not fight with boys." The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars The cockerel broke right in upon her message. The Tale of Henrietta Hen His arms gestured like the lifted wings of a startled cockerel. The Big-Town Round-Up But because I have a liking for a bold cockerel like thee, I will speak unwisely. The Half-Hearted Come now, my young cockerel; you can crow lustily, it seems, and keep a bold face where others shrink and tremble and flee. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot "Thunder and lightning," the other young man exclaimed, drawing his sword, "what means this, young cockerel?" The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars I asked one of the cockerels to give you a message about not crowing so early. The Tale of Henrietta Hen Four of these houses were for the laying hens, which were divided into flocks of 40 each; while the other house was for the growing chickens and for cockerels being fattened for market. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm The surplus cockerels can be sold for enough to pay for the cost of the eggs. Outdoor Sports and Games Two young cockerels, in their deep perplexity, at last went to the yard-dog, Flaps by name, who was a very great friend of theirs, and to him they cackled out their woes. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men She won first prize on hen, first and second on pullet, and fourth on cockerel. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers These cockerels usually took great pains to keep out of the Rooster's way. The Tale of Henrietta Hen With this end in view, Sam added young cockerels to four of his best-producing flocks on January 1, and by the 15th he was able to start his incubators. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm On the other hand, we may have only two or three chicks, which may all prove to be cockerels; so the above calculation is a fair average. Outdoor Sports and Games Perhaps so—but who has enough courage for such a desperate step?' sighed the young cockerels. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men After which, as Doctor Richard Geddes told me wrathfully, you "couldn't put your foot down without running the risk of stepping on some little cockerel trying to crow around Hynds House." A Woman Named Smith And she made the cockerel listen to her message. The Tale of Henrietta Hen I sold in December something more than four hundred cockerels, which brought $215. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm I once made such an arrangement and agreed to give him all but one of the cockerels that hatched. Outdoor Sports and Games "I never knew any one snore when he was awake before," said the hen; and all the young cockerels chuckled. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men He was a little shy of twenty at the time, just a young cockerel 'bout br'ilin' size. Judith of the Plains Henrietta Hen said that she hadn't noticed which cockerel it was. The Tale of Henrietta Hen I do not know what it costs to feed one or all of them, but I do know what moneys I have received for eggs, young cockerels, and old hens, and I am satisfied. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm A long-legged, flying cockerel keeled over and began to kick. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today "We may be roasted, or have our heads chopped off," whimpered the young cockerels. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men Then throw away the bees and lay the stings gently but firmly on a mash composed of the breasts of five Buff Orpington cockerels. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917 "If I had a thin, squeaky crow such as those worthless cockerels have, Farmer Green would have had to do many a day's work in the dark." The Tale of Henrietta Hen The large cockerel on the vane was pointing a little south of west, and there was still light enough to make it shine bravely against the deep blue eastern sky. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches When little Jimmie Corbett came running forward with the two dead cockerels a slight examination showed that the first had also been shot through the neck. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today He led us up the steep hillside, Against the western wind, While the cockerel plume that decked his head Streamed bravely out behind. McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader He then asked the cockerel if he had seen Boy Blue. The Nursery, Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1875 This cockerel, whose male sex glands had been exchanged for female ones, developed the female body, and colouration so completely that expert breeders of the strain pronounced it a female. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family Here, my young cockerel, you and d'Auvray are to take this to the Bastille, and it will be strange if your master does not walk free again. Helmet of Navarre Near the barn Zhmuhin's sons were standing; the elder held a gun, while the younger had in his hands a grey cockerel with a bright red comb. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories For each hen that passes through a laying period there is her own carcass, and at least one cockerel, that are necessarily produced and that must be marketed. The Dollar Hen They were all hens and five all told, now that the two cockerels had killed each other. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth In the street before him a pair of half-grown cockerels with ludicrously long legs and abbreviated tails were scratching a precarious living from amid the litter. Where the Trail Divides "Well crowed, well crowed, my jolly cockerel!" on a sudden called a keen, high voice beyond the hedge behind him. Master Skylark The elder boy fired and the cockerel fell like a stone. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories Egg farming cannot easily be overdone, whereas any other type of poultry production must compete with the cockerels and hens that are a by-product of egg farming. The Dollar Hen A mild general chuckle greeted this sally, cheered by which the speaker added: "Thought some o' takin' out a policy o' insurance on my cockerel." Stories by American Authors, Volume 6 Eggs will be dated and graded and sold accordingly, and as soon as they have done laying fattened for table purposes, also young cockerels. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 He was a pure bred, massive Black Orpington cockerel, a scion of the finest strain in the land. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 The younger flung up the cockerel with all his might; the bird flew upwards higher than the house and turned over in the air like a pigeon. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories During July or about the first of August, after all cockerels have been sold, the gates are opened and the pullets are allowed to associate with the hens. The Dollar Hen Here for her sins she is waited upon by—What were the young cockerels' names that served Gloriana at table?' Rewards and Fairies He is really smaller—only a fine cockerel. The Magic Egg and Other Stories Scotty and I flared and raged like young cockerels, until the harpooner poured another round of drinks to enable us to forgive and make up. John Barleycorn His mother took three firsts at Birmingham, and he was second in the cockerel class last year at Gloucester. Beasts and Super-Beasts The income from the place should be about as follows: Eleven hundred cockerels sold as squab broilers at 40 cents each, $440.00; four hundred and seventy-five old hens at 30 cents, $140.00. The Dollar Hen No cockerels to crow nor hens to cackle in the yard. Walden S'bud, you are a game little rooster to fight four such great cockerels!' Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Answer thou for him, then thou'rt no such cockerel thyself, for thou was born i' the tail end of old Harry the Seventh. Queen Mary and Harold That young cockerel—I'll soon find a way to quiet his crowing. With the Procession Third: The cockerels and old hens sold as a by-product from egg farms. The Dollar Hen The cockerel begins fighting in his second, and is not a 'stale bird' till his fifth or sixth, year. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I I heard the sheep before, but how could I imagine that you, Dorothy, and three boys as big as cockerels, were sheep-washing? In Exile and Other Stories A capon always develops more uniformly and is larger than the cockerel. Common Diseases of Farm Animals Parrots and peacocks prevailed, but ospreys and jackdaws, vultures and cormorants, crows and cockerels, and many, many other kinds of birds were also fluttering about, making a perpetual whizzing. The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories The cockerel should be starved for twenty-four hours in order to empty the intestines. The Dollar Hen "That's well crowed for a cockerel," said Henry; "but thou art so far right, my lad, that the man deserves to die of thirst who will not drink without a cupbearer." The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day He secured the cockerel, and drawing it forth was about to offer it to Lydia, when in its struggles to escape it drove one of its spurs into his hand. The Lady of the Aroostook This operation changes the disposition of the cockerel. Common Diseases of Farm Animals The cockerel near me followed suit, and repeated his refrain till my meditations were so disturbed that I was compelled to eject him from the cover, albeit he had the best right there. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton On several farms in Massachusetts, 500 to 1,000 capons are raised annually, and on one farm 5,000 cockerels are held for caponizing. The Dollar Hen There were eight little hens and two little cockerels, one black and one as white as snow, with yellow legs, bright eyes, and a tiny red comb on his head. The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School By and by they commenced to crow, first one, then two, then all, and stood confessed cockerels. Birds in Town and Village The cockerel is confined for the operation by passing a strong noose of cord around both legs, and a second noose around the wings close to the body, that have weights fastened to them. Common Diseases of Farm Animals To him I added, "Understand, sergeant, any attempt to fight or fly, and your neck will be wrung like a cockerel's." The Yeoman Adventurer For illustration Round eggs were supposed to hatch pullets and long ones cockerels. The Dollar Hen He's a boy after my own heart, spry as a chipmunk, smart as a young cockerel, and as full of mischief as a monkey. The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School I thought," he says, "that it might be worth while keeping a cockerel for his music merely, as a singing bird. Birds in Town and Village The best time to caponize the cockerel is when he weighs between two or three pounds. Common Diseases of Farm Animals Every man jack of them, in less than five minutes, looked like a half-plucked cockerel, and their captors were wrangling like jackdaws about the plunder. The Yeoman Adventurer Keep all the pullets and a half dozen of the best cockerels. The Dollar Hen "So this is the young cockerel," the duke said contemptuously. Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden To return to the ten cockerels; they did not crow very much, and at first I paid little attention to them. Birds in Town and Village This holds the cockerel firmly and prevents his struggling. Common Diseases of Farm Animals So Sir Dagonet always went armed; though he bore upon his shield the device of a cockerel's head as a symbol of his calling. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table The next spring pen these pullets up with the best cockerels, and use none but eggs from this pen for hatching. The Dollar Hen What's this, you barnyard cockerel; are you trying to joke with me, man? Plays This cockerel was apparently the musical member, and promised in a short time to rival his neighbour. Birds in Town and Village "Then again the cockerel is a summer layer." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 26, 1917 This cockerel's comb must be cut, or he will become king of the roost. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 That fall sell all of the young cockerels and all the old scrub hens. The Dollar Hen Also ten white Plymouth Rock pullets and one cockerel, also an incubator and brooder. Hidden Treasure We stood by through the purchasing of two cockerels and the dickering over their weight. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan All the pullets of Winnie's early broods therefore had been kept, and only the young cockerels eaten or sold. Driven Back to Eden Can three to four month old cockerels be caponized successfully in summer, and if so, what care, feed, etc., do they require afterwards? One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered From those so marked the breeding cockerels for the next season are later selected. The Dollar Hen Yea, saucy cockerel as you are; but for one such, there are a hundred others who fret the yoke, and long to be free! Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Else there is many a young cockerel that will stand upon a dunghill and crow about his father, by way of making his own plumage to shine. Cousin Phillis He should have been a cockerel, so he could strut before fifty females, all his subjects. Women in Love From nine months to a year is the proper age to mate a Leghorn cockerel. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered When you pick the good cockerels pick out all runty looking pullets and cut off the last joint of the hind toe. The Dollar Hen About fifty hens, four cockerels, and a number of ducks and geese. The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment As I was sitting under the trees waiting for Phœbe to finish some shopping in the village, a travelling poultry-dealer came along and offered to sell me a silver Wyandotte pullet and cockerel. The Diary of a Goose Girl "Fifteen, my young cockerel? you look liker twenty," said Oxenham, with an admiring glance at the lad's broad limbs, keen blue eyes, curling golden locks, and round honest face. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth To get the cockerels off quick, they must be hatched from strong-germed eggs, incubated properly and kept growing from the first jump out of the shell. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered This system of picking the best cockerel from each brood and discarding the poorest pullets is the most practical method known of building up a vigorous, quick growing and early laying strain. The Dollar Hen And for you, my half-bred Spanish cockerel, know once and for all that this maid is for your betters. Montezuma's Daughter This adjuration somewhat alarmed us as Phœbe and I had been giving our Buff Orpington cockerel the most drastic remedies for his languid and prostrate comb. The Diary of a Goose Girl "I will break thy cockerel head for that speech," said Blunt, furiously. Men of Iron “And after him I doubt not comes the cockerel,” I went on. The Jacket (Star-Rover) Not only is money lost in the decrease in price that can be obtained for these cockerels, but the pullets are greatly annoyed, to the detriment of the egg yield. The Dollar Hen There was a sound of whistling, too, when a voice in the stalls, suggestive of a molting cockerel, cried out with great conviction: "That's very smart!" Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Leghorn cockerels and hens are a wholesome enough meat, but will never command fancy prices nor warrant extra pains. The Dollar Hen So the heads were withdrawn again, some laughing at the "sparring of the cockerels." Men of Iron I knew the windlestraw, Guy de Villehardouin, a raw young provincial, come up the first time to Court, but a fiery little cockerel for all of that. The Jacket (Star-Rover) This yard may be used for fattening chickens or confining cockerels, or perhaps to enclose the flock during the ripening of a favorite tomato or berry crop. The Dollar Hen The beginner should, however, operate on several dead cockerels before attempting to operate on a live one. The Dollar Hen An I had had a mace in my hand, I would have knocked thy cockerel brains out that time. Men of Iron |
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