. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . vkevtrsd. There is more security about zvell-marTied cannot be cock-bred, but the cockerel to matewith them may look like a pullet-bred one and yet be acock-bred one. See to it, then, that your stock is line-bred for cockerel or for pullet breeding. To breed CocJcs.—The male bird should be up toStandard requirements and as perfect as money Can should be taken that the black is sound, not onlyon the breast and fluff, but in flights and at the base ofthe tail. The pullets to mate with him should be cock-
. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . vkevtrsd. There is more security about zvell-marTied cannot be cock-bred, but the cockerel to matewith them may look like a pullet-bred one and yet be acock-bred one. See to it, then, that your stock is line-bred for cockerel or for pullet breeding. To breed CocJcs.—The male bird should be up toStandard requirements and as perfect as money Can should be taken that the black is sound, not onlyon the breast and fluff, but in flights and at the base ofthe tail. The pullets to mate with him should be cock-bred. They should be large and robust. The neck-hackles should be well striped toitli black. The lacingis indistinct, and the birds are generally darker inappearance, with more black in the pencilling. Thereserve of black pigment shown in pencilling and soundfluff helps to keep the cocks breast black, and the light-coloured neck-hackle, if densely striped, repeats itself inthe cock and becomes his chief adornment. To breed Pullets.—The females should be as near. -«^. PARTllIDGE WYANDOTTE FEATHERS 1. Breast feathers and general type of niarldng of a good hen (kindly sent by Mr. R. Watson).2a and 26. Thigh feathers of a pullet-breeding cockerel \ 3. ^leck-hackle of the IfiO-i International winning cock u i „t. „ p t> tit c 4. Body leather of a cock-breeding hen \ ^ ™™ breednig-pens of Rev. W. Sturgbs5fi and 06. Neck-hackles of a pullet-breeding lien J C«, 66, 6c. Specimens of the heavier markings approved by American fanciers (kindly sent by Mr. R. Watson).7. A tiny ueck-hackle from exhibition cock. D D 2 403 AMERICAN BREEDS OF POULTRY 405 exhibition specimens as means will allow, with clear andwell-defined concentric markings, and of a soft brown shade,even to the fluff. The neck-hackles are broken-pencilledand not striped. The male should be from a pullet-breeding pen, and is usually of a darker shade than theexhibition cockerel, with darker hackle, and the str
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