Original American productions Standard bred wyandottes, silver laced, golden laced, white, buff and black .. . nt, and then in buying from one another we hSnot only help the breed, but help ourselves as we?,have made it a point to get the opinions of the bestbreeders I meet on this important subject, and I f eI am giving instruction that meets their approval andI feel confident that one long pull together will putAmerica on top again, for it is a well-known fact thatour English cousins have excelled us so far The surface color of the males back should be ahrZVfn? WUVhe black ^ipes ^htly show n
Original American productions Standard bred wyandottes, silver laced, golden laced, white, buff and black .. . nt, and then in buying from one another we hSnot only help the breed, but help ourselves as we?,have made it a point to get the opinions of the bestbreeders I meet on this important subject, and I f eI am giving instruction that meets their approval andI feel confident that one long pull together will putAmerica on top again, for it is a well-known fact thatour English cousins have excelled us so far The surface color of the males back should be ahrZVfn? WUVhe black ^ipes ^htly show ng ark sfat hh! , ^ ThG Und-co1- *>uld bedark slate, the knitted portion of the feather should FIG. 9. FIG. 10. HACKLE FEATHERS-SILVER WYANDOTTE MALE. Fig. 10 shows the same white ^haft ™ur s+ • cut is from oneZt Z one * * * JUnCti°n With the back the The Back. I» t^llZHVim t%J™ri°*°T°°. >- a vataatioB o, ten pointsfrom ,h c,no, „ *ff ano tnltaTnl T ?• ^ » ^ h^ »e *** o, L tSS^^S^SZH t?t , * DortM*. in both malfan,! fla L Tl ™Y ^ K S ° sreM- - car - —• Msmnwsssr: 10. FIG. 11—BACK OR SADDLE FEATHER— W YANDOTTE MALE. THE WYANDOTTES. be black with a narrow edging of white running entirelyaround the outer edge of feather similar to that of thehackle, with the exception of center of feather, which shouldhave a narrow white center in the form of a diamond, seeFig. 11. By referring to the chart you will see those feath-ers just as they grow on the living specimen, and in whatproportion the size of the diamond centers are at differentparts of the saddle. In Figs. 12, 13 and 14 are shown three defective feathers,such as are met in every show, and which are hard to breedout. Fig. 12 is very good on the surface, but is too lightunderneath, and shows a white under-color. This kind ofa back should be cut one point. Fig. 14 is better under-neath, but fails on the outer edge and in the diamond shapedcenter, feathers like this give the bird a kind of
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