. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. FIG. 11.—BIRCHEN BANT.\MS. and fluff. The shoulder points should be black, saddle and beak a silvery white with a black center; bows and wings black; tail black, small and fine in sickle and free from shaftiness or lacing. The hen should have a good black face and eye. Cap and neck hackle are the same as male bird, also the breast; the rest of the body a glossy black. Legs, feet and toe nails same as the cock. "General remarks: To keep B
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. FIG. 11.—BIRCHEN BANT.\MS. and fluff. The shoulder points should be black, saddle and beak a silvery white with a black center; bows and wings black; tail black, small and fine in sickle and free from shaftiness or lacing. The hen should have a good black face and eye. Cap and neck hackle are the same as male bird, also the breast; the rest of the body a glossy black. Legs, feet and toe nails same as the cock. "General remarks: To keep Birchens in show form you must not expose them to'the sun; if you do they will turn a straw color. I should advise keeping them in covered runs during the show season. Always destroy anj' brown-red chickens that are Birchen bred, if not you will never obtain a pure strain. SUGGESTED STANDARD. Vood liead and neck. ... Eye and face Shape and style. Legs and feet Condition Hardness of featli Tail Hreast lacing Clear Soundness of colo ud head and neck 6 Eve and face lU .Shape and style 10 Legs and leet S Condition Ill Hardness of leather 8 DUCKWING BANTAMS. Duckwings are of most beautiful color wlicu in perfec- tion. The rich coloring of neck, back and wings forms a beautiful contrast to the bright, glossy black body of the males. Our standard for these fowls differs somewhat from the English in the point of describing color. In Golden Duckwings, head and hackle with us are straw color; the Kn- glish standard calls for creamy white. The back in our. \.:MK B.\NT.\M COCK. wing should be very clear and pure, and the hackle quite free from any off shading. The Silver Duckwing is a counterpart of the Golden, ex- cept in color. The male is a silvery white in hackle, back, saddle and wings, and the female is of a much lighter shade of gray, with a light salmon breast. A perfect Duckwing. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been dig
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