. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. egg breed ; non-sitters ; very large crests ; small V-sliaped combs ; white ear lobes ; slatish or willow legs ; large, full tails. They are good layers, gener- ally, and their flesh is of fine quality. 87. Hamburgs. — Varieties : Golden Spangled, Golden Penciled, Silver Spangled, (Fig. 70), Silver Penciled, (Fig. 71), White, Black. Hamburgs do not greatly differ from the Polish except in furnishings of the head. They have neither crest nor beard ; have rose combs like those of Rose Combed Leg- horns ; are rather delicate ; a white
. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. egg breed ; non-sitters ; very large crests ; small V-sliaped combs ; white ear lobes ; slatish or willow legs ; large, full tails. They are good layers, gener- ally, and their flesh is of fine quality. 87. Hamburgs. — Varieties : Golden Spangled, Golden Penciled, Silver Spangled, (Fig. 70), Silver Penciled, (Fig. 71), White, Black. Hamburgs do not greatly differ from the Polish except in furnishings of the head. They have neither crest nor beard ; have rose combs like those of Rose Combed Leg- horns ; are rather delicate ; a white egg breed ; are non-sit- ters ; more numerously bred than Polish, and considered better for practical purposes, but are altogether outclassed by the hardier Leghorns. Hamburgs are bred princi- pally by those keeping fowls for pleasure. Pig. 71. Silver Penciled Hamburg Cock. 88. Redcaps. Rather delicate; white egg breed; non-sitters; have been aptly described as extra large, coarse Hamburgs with red ear lobes. Their colors are red brown and purple black distributed as in Spangled Hamburgs, except that the spangles of Redcaps are crescent shaped. Rare. FRENCH CLASS. 89. Houdans. —Fig. 72. — The only breed in this class common enough in America to warrant de- scription in a popular book. The other French breeds, La Fleche and Crevecceur, recognized by the Standard, are rarely seen here. Hou- dans, while not popular or numerous, are fairly well distributed, and are not unfa- miliar in most sections ; they are a rather delicate, white egg breed ; non-sitters ; col- ors black and white mottled, black predominating in the young fowls; large crests Pi^. ,2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston, I. S. Johnson & co.
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