The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . hose who triedthe experiment so far as I can learn. Bad legs, and blackin plumage, show for generations. Greater progress hasbeen made by selecting the best to be found and pairingthem, and working for an out cross from other yards, ratherthan to breed in the black that is bound to cause so muchtrouble. In mating, place together the very best pair youcan get, and continue to do tliat each year. Whenever youcan find a well bred specimen of good quality, make use ofit
The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . hose who triedthe experiment so far as I can learn. Bad legs, and blackin plumage, show for generations. Greater progress hasbeen made by selecting the best to be found and pairingthem, and working for an out cross from other yards, ratherthan to breed in the black that is bound to cause so muchtrouble. In mating, place together the very best pair youcan get, and continue to do tliat each year. Whenever youcan find a well bred specimen of good quality, make use ofit for new blood to add vigor to your line; for this varietyhas been so in-bred for years that anything like an outcrossmust help them. One cause of their unpopularity is thatthey must be washed every time they are shown, for theyare apt to get very dirty. The beak and shanks of the WhiteRose Comb must be white or yellow. If you have the whiteshanks and beak you are almost certain to have very whiteplumage—a feature which is most valuable. We quote the following from the Stock Keeper on RoseComb Bantams therein described as. BLACK AND WHITE KOSE COMB BANTAMS—MALE AND FEMALE. may be obtained by having both kinds of hens with eachmale and keeping the eggs separate. In this way you havethe advantage of raising good chicks of both sexes from one ?male. In mating and breeding for this very rich colorsooner or later gives trouble from too much color. It is bestalways to have at hand a few females of the dull dead blackshade to mate with your highest colored males. Of all thingsin mating Rose Combs, be sure that the comb and ear-lobesof all of your breeding stock are natural, and not made or-fixed. There is so much faking in head points practiced thatit is just as well to be fully informed on this or you mayhave a lot of bad combs as the result of your years labor atbreeding. BREEDING THE WHITE ROSE COMB BANTAMS. These are not as popular either here or in England,nor is the quality a
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