If new, they will be stiff and white in the vent, and the feet limber; if fat, they will have a hard vent; if stale, dry footed and limber, and if touched, they will peel.
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Heath and Pheasant Poults
IF new, they will be ſtiff and white in the vent, and the feet
limber; if fat, they will have a hard vent; if stale, dry footed and
limber, and if touched, they will peel.