. Standard varieties of chickens . oultry lovers for along time; their hardy constitutions have withstood rough usage, andpromiscuous interbreeding has not effaced their characteristics. They 51 19 are a fixed variety, and their merits are noticeable from the newlyhatched chick to the oldest specimen. In mating Brown Leghorns the most successful breeders use adouble mating, one pen for each sex. Fine birds, both cockerels andpullets, can be bred from the same pen by using slightly differenttypes of females. The same male often will breed the finest of bothexhibition cockerels and pullets, but
. Standard varieties of chickens . oultry lovers for along time; their hardy constitutions have withstood rough usage, andpromiscuous interbreeding has not effaced their characteristics. They 51 19 are a fixed variety, and their merits are noticeable from the newlyhatched chick to the oldest specimen. In mating Brown Leghorns the most successful breeders use adouble mating, one pen for each sex. Fine birds, both cockerels andpullets, can be bred from the same pen by using slightly differenttypes of females. The same male often will breed the finest of bothexhibition cockerels and pullets, but it is a rare case to have a femalebreed both sexes of a remarkable quality. When two pens are used,at the head of the pen mated to produce the cockerels place a fullydeveloped cock with no serious fault, of standard color, especiallystrong in comb, lobe, hackle, and saddle, a dark undercolor being pre-ferred. To him mate hens of a shade darker than standard, withsmall, evenly serrated, standing combs; a trifle brick color on wings. Fig. 9.—Pair of Single-comb Brown Leghorns. is no objection, as it will give a brighter color on wing bows of thecockerels. Shafting on the back will also help the black stripe inthe saddles. The pullets raised from this pen will be too dark forexhibition, but they will be a great help in breeding cockerels thenext season. The male at the head of the pen mated to produce thepullets should be from a pullet strain, and bred directly from anexhibition hen. His color should be a trifle light ; comb large, butevenly serrated, if thin near the top all the better; hackle well striped,but no striping in saddle; undercolor of hackle and saddle may belight gray or white; wing bows should show more purple than red,as too much red shows signs of being bred from a bricky him mate exhibition females having light brown penciled with 51 20 darker brown on back and wings, all one shade, free from shaftingon back or brick color on wings. These hens should hav
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