The mating and breeding of poultry . dor exhibition male. A very strong, bright red eye isdesired. The ideal color of the male for this mating is thesame as that of the ideal exhibition female, but the barringof the male runs much narrower than in the exhibitionfemale, and this greater width of the dark bar in the femalecauses her to appear to be of darker shade than the pullet-bred male. While the male should be straight pullet-bred,even in such a line males will be found ranging widely incolor from a medium strong color to a very light difference in color should be due entirely to
The mating and breeding of poultry . dor exhibition male. A very strong, bright red eye isdesired. The ideal color of the male for this mating is thesame as that of the ideal exhibition female, but the barringof the male runs much narrower than in the exhibitionfemale, and this greater width of the dark bar in the femalecauses her to appear to be of darker shade than the pullet-bred male. While the male should be straight pullet-bred,even in such a line males will be found ranging widely incolor from a medium strong color to a very light difference in color should be due entirely to the differ-ence in the width of the dark bar, as the dark bar gives thecolor, and should not be due to any difference in the colorof the dark bar itself. Have the white bar as white as pos-sible in both sexes, as the clearness and distinctness of thewhite bar adds materially to the breeding value of the the dark bar is ideal in color, but still the birds areof several shades of color due to th? difference in the width. 81 82 THE MATING AND BREEDING OF POULTRY of the dark bar, the success in breeding will depend upon theability to combine the different shades of the male andfemale. The male showing the narrowest dark bars shouldbe mated with the females showing the wider dark bars, andvice versa. This matter of the shade of the birds or thewidth of the dark bar practically resolves itself into a matingof feathers. Select a male that shows as clear and brightcontrast between the light and dark bars as possible. Thetwo colors should be clear and distinct, the white as whiteand the black as black as possible. See Fig. 34. Thisdistinctness can often be found in the highest degree in thewing bows or shoulders of birds of both sexes, and can beused as a guide to color. Avoid any brown or grayish castshading off the dark bar into the white. The line betweenthe two bars should be clear and distinct. The hackle of the male often shows a tendency to be alittle wider or more
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