. The Wyandotte fowl; its general characteristics and advice on rearing, mating and breeding with a chapter on judging of exhibition birds . kles or tail coverts, as they aer called, aretarnished with white, cut one to two points, as in coverts wholly white or silver colored, one the tail be carried squirrel, one to two points; whencarried perpendicular, one point. The Wyandotte Fowl. 27 Fluff.—-If pinched, cut one point; if other than dark slatecolor, cut from one to two points, as it shall approach to white;the white frosting on a dark slate being the perfect color. Le
. The Wyandotte fowl; its general characteristics and advice on rearing, mating and breeding with a chapter on judging of exhibition birds . kles or tail coverts, as they aer called, aretarnished with white, cut one to two points, as in coverts wholly white or silver colored, one the tail be carried squirrel, one to two points; whencarried perpendicular, one point. The Wyandotte Fowl. 27 Fluff.—-If pinched, cut one point; if other than dark slatecolor, cut from one to two points, as it shall approach to white;the white frosting on a dark slate being the perfect color. Legs and Toes.—If the thighs are long and small, cut onepoint; if plumage of same be white, cut one point; shankslong and slim, cut one point; if pale yellow, cut one point;cutting one point for each crooked toe. If feathers appear onthe shanks, or if legs and toes be any other color thanyellow—if straw color, they should be cut one and one-halfpoints; if the front be clouded with a dusky color, the rearof the shank being yellow, cut one and one-half points;but the legs being wholly flesh color, blue, willow or black, m *»-*= ^js, THE HEN. Symmetry.—If the back have a concave sweep to tail, show-ing no fullness to cushion, cut one-half point, [f so Hat as toallow tail to cut through, cut a full point. If narrow in 28 The Wyandotte Fowl. breast, cut one point. If tail drops low or so small as tobe covered by the cushion (unless in moulting), cut onepoint for each of these defects. If long in legs and neck,cut a point. Condition.—Same conditions apply here as described inthe male. Head.—If snaky, having a narrow skull beyond a reason-able feminine comparison to that of the cock, cut one depressed at base, giving a long appearance to beak, cutone point. If comb and face be black or purple, not red,cut one point; beak wholly dark horn color or flesh color,cut one point. If plumage be other than silver gray, cutone-half to one point. Comb.—Should
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