. Standard-bred Orpingtons, black, buff and white, their practical qualities; the standard requirements; how to judge them; how to mate and breed for best results, with a chapter on new non-standard varieties. Orpington chicken. 6G THE ORPINGTONS should be close; tail medium; body, broad, deep, and full; thighs, short; shanks, short and strong; the single comb should be of medium size, evenly serrated and free from side sprigs; flesh, firm.'' Buff Orpingtons Satisfy the British Market Demand The people of Great Britain are much in favor of birds with white legs, in fact, a first-class table fo
. Standard-bred Orpingtons, black, buff and white, their practical qualities; the standard requirements; how to judge them; how to mate and breed for best results, with a chapter on new non-standard varieties. Orpington chicken. 6G THE ORPINGTONS should be close; tail medium; body, broad, deep, and full; thighs, short; shanks, short and strong; the single comb should be of medium size, evenly serrated and free from side sprigs; flesh, firm.'' Buff Orpingtons Satisfy the British Market Demand The people of Great Britain are much in favor of birds with white legs, in fact, a first-class table fowl must show a white shank, or else it ceases to be a first-class table fowl. As our only white-legged fowls, previous to the advent of the Bufif Orpingtons, were the Dorkings and some of the Game varieties, there naturally followed a boom in that variety which has only just begun to subside. Fanciers, farmers, and suburban poultry keepers all took. WHITE ORPINGTON COCK Winner of first prize and special at Madison Square Garden and Boston; also first at Cleveland, Ohio, 190S. Bi-ed and owned by Sunswick Poultry Farm, South Plainfleld, N. J. them up. Since the early days of the Buff Orpington it has been wonderfully improved, but even now it is far from perfect, though feathered legs and long backs no longer appear in the show pen. It is still quite difficult to breed them anywhere true to color, and indeed, sound buff tails are yet scarce, but the utility value of the variety makes amends, as the off-colored pullets may be kept for layers and the cockerels fatted for the table. The three points to be considered in breeding Buff Orpingtons are, first, color, which should be a sound buff, free from black and white feathers; second, shape, which should be similar to that of the Black Orpington; third, clean, white feet and shanks, free from feathering. The Poultry Club Standard differs somewhat from that for the Blacks- Poultry Club's (England) Standard for Buff Orpingtons Defects
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