Standard-bred Orpingtons, black, buff and white, their practical qualities; the standard requirements; how to judge them; how to mate and breed for best results, with a chapter on new non-standard varieties . e massivetype of the original Orpington. With the knowledge ofthe origin of each variety of Orpington as given in theprevious chapter, it is readily understood why there issuch a variation in type in Black, Buff and White varie-ties. To look at the three classes exhibited at shows sev-eral years ago, no disinterested observer would havethought the Buffs and Whites belonged to the Orpingto
Standard-bred Orpingtons, black, buff and white, their practical qualities; the standard requirements; how to judge them; how to mate and breed for best results, with a chapter on new non-standard varieties . e massivetype of the original Orpington. With the knowledge ofthe origin of each variety of Orpington as given in theprevious chapter, it is readily understood why there issuch a variation in type in Black, Buff and White varie-ties. To look at the three classes exhibited at shows sev-eral years ago, no disinterested observer would havethought the Buffs and Whites belonged to the Orpingtonfamily, the type being distinct in each from that of theBlack Orpingtons. In the last two years the type of the Whites has greatly improved, the best specimens exhib-ited rivaling the Blacks in massiveness and size and ap-proaching closely the outline of the original type. So,also, in a lesser degree have the Buffs gradually ap-proached the Blacks in size and type but there is stillmuch room for improvement in this respect, as hundredsof Buff Orpingtons, albeit sound and beautiful in color,are too long in shank, too narrow in breast and lackingdepth and length of body, breadth of back and fullness of. EARLY ENGLISH BLACK ORPINGTONS The above illustration appeared in the book The Orpingtonand Its Varieties by E. Campbell and represents the Orping-ton type of that day. The influence of Langshan blood isreadily noticeable in the shape lines of the back and tail of thefemale and to a lesser degree in the shape of the tail of themale. The fullness of the neck and the depth of the body , characteristic of the original Black Orpington.—Editor. hackle and tail. They resemble the Rock more than theydo the Orpington type. But here is the same oldrock which Plymouth Rock breeders have struck in theirpath to uniformity of type, many breeders of Buff Orping-tons desire a longer shanked and bodied bird than pos-sessed by the Black Orpington of today. They find itdifficult to ob
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