The mating and breeding of poultry . ven in every section. The underbarring should benarrow and well defined clear to the skin in all sections,with no sign of smutty color. See Fig. 33. The barringin the hackle should be especially straight across the featherin order to produce the finest hackles in the exhibition black and white marbling of the wing should be veryclear. It is very important that the tail barring be straightacross the feathers. Some of the best individual females forthe cockerel mating will have some entirely black featherseven in the wing flights. This denotes an ab
The mating and breeding of poultry . ven in every section. The underbarring should benarrow and well defined clear to the skin in all sections,with no sign of smutty color. See Fig. 33. The barringin the hackle should be especially straight across the featherin order to produce the finest hackles in the exhibition black and white marbling of the wing should be veryclear. It is very important that the tail barring be straightacross the feathers. Some of the best individual females forthe cockerel mating will have some entirely black featherseven in the wing flights. This denotes an abundance ofpigment, and will produce stronger underbarring in theprogeny. The barring in the fluff should be good, in fact,just as good as in the back. Cockerel-bred females areusually darker colored on the legs and beaks than exhibitionfemales, but this does not hurt their breeding value forproducing exhibition males. In both sexes the barring on the breast should be straightand with a sharp contrast in color. If the barring is weak. iin((((i^ If ^ r.
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