The mating and breeding of poultry . lecomb lying flat on thehead and side of theface and followingthe back of the Fig. 3, heads 4and 5. The Leghornfemales single combshould be fine in text-ure, never coarse. Acomb which is ratherundersized is prefer-able to one which islarge, coarse andbeefy. The comb ofthe female tends, asthe hen grows older,to become smaller andstand erect. Thismust be given dueconsideration in se-lecting breeders. The male comb of the rose comb varieties should be of mediumsize and be securely and evenly placed on the head. It shouldbe square in front and the side
The mating and breeding of poultry . lecomb lying flat on thehead and side of theface and followingthe back of the Fig. 3, heads 4and 5. The Leghornfemales single combshould be fine in text-ure, never coarse. Acomb which is ratherundersized is prefer-able to one which islarge, coarse andbeefy. The comb ofthe female tends, asthe hen grows older,to become smaller andstand erect. Thismust be given dueconsideration in se-lecting breeders. The male comb of the rose comb varieties should be of mediumsize and be securely and evenly placed on the head. It shouldbe square in front and the sides should be carried back near-ly horizontal before they begin to taper to the spike, givingan outline to the comb something like that of a hairbrush. Thespike should be well developed and should extend straightout from the head, with no tendency to follow the neck likethe Wyandotte comb, see Fig. 2, head 4, or to incline upwardlike the Hamburg. Fig. 2, head 8. The center should befilled out and free from hollows. See Fig. 4, head Y\g. 60—Head of Single Comb White Leghornmale showing notched blade and serrations cutdown U> an uneven le\el. (Photograph fromthe Bureau of Animal Industry, United StatesDepartment of Agriculture.) IDZ THE MATING AND BREEDING OF POULTRY The female rose comb should be identical with that ofthe male, except that it is smaller in proportion to the bird. The ear lobe should be of medium size and oval in should never be so large as to be at all pendulous, norshould it be large and round, like the lobe of the large lobe is more likely to be accompanied by white inface than a smaller, neater lobe. It should be as smooth andfree from wrinkles as possible. It should also be the lobe, especially in males, shows considerable redpeppering, which is more commonly found in older birds,as it tends to develop with age. This peppering must notbe considered as serious a defect in older birds as in theyoung ones. Usually birds sho
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