. Standard varieties of chickens . e Plymouth Eock is pure white in plumagethroughout, and the Buff variety is a clear golden buff, uniform inshade. The buff should extend to the undercolor as much as pos-sible—the deeper the better. The standard weight of cocks is 9-J pounds; hens, 1\ pounds;cockerels, 8 pounds; pullets, 6£ pounds. 51 8 WYANDOTTES. The Wyandotte (fig. 2) is another of the general-purpose fowlsand is rated next to the Plymouth Kock. From the first it spranginto popular favor and has continued so to the present time. Itcame originally from the Dark Brahma, Silver-spangled Hambu
. Standard varieties of chickens . e Plymouth Eock is pure white in plumagethroughout, and the Buff variety is a clear golden buff, uniform inshade. The buff should extend to the undercolor as much as pos-sible—the deeper the better. The standard weight of cocks is 9-J pounds; hens, 1\ pounds;cockerels, 8 pounds; pullets, 6£ pounds. 51 8 WYANDOTTES. The Wyandotte (fig. 2) is another of the general-purpose fowlsand is rated next to the Plymouth Kock. From the first it spranginto popular favor and has continued so to the present time. Itcame originally from the Dark Brahma, Silver-spangled Hamburg,and the Breda (a French fowl). Not a few authorities say thatWyandottes have Cochin blood in them, from the fact that theirancestors produced single combs and feathered shanks. For general purposes the Wyandottes have proved a success, beingof medium size, weighing on an average a pound less than thePlymouth Bocks, being hardy of constitution, and prolific are easily cared for and bear confinement well. For table. Fig. 2.—Pair of Silver Wyandottes. purposes they are of superior worth; their flesh is sweet, juicy, andtender, and they make excellent broilers and roasters. As layersthey are among the best, averaging about fourteen dozen eggs ayear, and as winter layers they do well under ordinary circumstances. There are eight varieties of the Wyandotte breed, and it is only amatter of opinion as to which is the best. The general characteristicsare the same in all, the difference in color of plumage being the onlydistinguishing mark. The Silver Wyandotte is of a silvery-white plumage, with regu-larly marked black lacing on the breast and a generous distributionof white and black throughout the entire body. The cock has a silver-white head, rose comb, silver hackle, with a black stripe down thecenter of each feather; silvery-white back; saddle same as hackle; 51 9 breast feathers black, with large white centers; tail black; wingshalf black and half white, or, ra
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