The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . ng the mating, breeding and rearingof the Dark Brahma fowls. Good judgment mustbe used in selecting the birds to be mated if thebest results are to be obtained. In the first place, two pensare necessary, one for pullet and the other for cockerelbreeding. When breeding for the latter a healthy cock orcockerel must be selected; one with nice shaped head, thehackle a pure black and white, and both hackle and saddlewell striped. The top parts must be free from red and ofa silvery white; the under parts black, and tail wel
The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . ng the mating, breeding and rearingof the Dark Brahma fowls. Good judgment mustbe used in selecting the birds to be mated if thebest results are to be obtained. In the first place, two pensare necessary, one for pullet and the other for cockerelbreeding. When breeding for the latter a healthy cock orcockerel must be selected; one with nice shaped head, thehackle a pure black and white, and both hackle and saddlewell striped. The top parts must be free from red and ofa silvery white; the under parts black, and tail well spread,a glossy black and free from white. The feet must showno sign of white feathers or vulture hock. He should havean upright, graceful carriage. Now the hens that are matedto such a bird should be large, well feathered, good shapeand the less marking they have the better, or mottled breastsin the cockerels will be the result. Always avoid the Cochinshaped hen when mating for show pullets and get a cock orcockerel as good in all points as possible, but he should have. First Prize Dark Brahma Cockerel at Torouto and London, 1903,Exhibited by I,. C. Sage, hackle and saddle well penciled. His top parts sivery white,with fluff a good black nicely laced with white, and breastevenly mottled. The head small and well shaped. The hens or pullets for this pen should be a good steelgray in color, well penciled all over, especially on the fluffand well up to the throat, with hackle well striped. Fromsuch matings you would surely get good show birds. Youmay often get a good cockerel from a pullet breeding pen, but never a good show pullet from a cockerel breeding breeders, especially beginners, have been heard to com-plain that the Dark Brahma is not a good egg it can be proved that if properly fed they will lay aswell as any other breed. The fault with most breeders isthat they get the females too fat. One thing must be bornein mind, not to overfeed them. Give a
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