The mating and breeding of poultry . a smooth-ness, a style, and an alertness, all of which combine to forma breed of rare beauty and attractiveness. There should beno suggestion of heaviness or sluggishness. The birds should be free fromany angular appear-ance, the body shapebeing formed ofsmooth, sweepingcurves of both sexesshould have a ratherhigh station, showinga good length ofshank, while the hockjoint and a part of thethigh should be dis-tinctly visible. SeeFig. 55. There is atendency, particularlyin males, for the birdsto be too low-bodiedor too is so
The mating and breeding of poultry . a smooth-ness, a style, and an alertness, all of which combine to forma breed of rare beauty and attractiveness. There should beno suggestion of heaviness or sluggishness. The birds should be free fromany angular appear-ance, the body shapebeing formed ofsmooth, sweepingcurves of both sexesshould have a ratherhigh station, showinga good length ofshank, while the hockjoint and a part of thethigh should be dis-tinctly visible. SeeFig. 55. There is atendency, particularlyin males, for the birdsto be too low-bodiedor too is sometimes due Fig. 55—Single Comb White Leghorn cockerel ^ ^i^„ cAfflinrr tvItiVIt of excellent type. Notice the good length of ^O lUC Seilling ^\ niCH shank and that the hock joint and a part of the ,-^^,, rn^^r? ?^^r^th nn-f^ thigh are distinctly visible. (Photograph from ^^7 ^^^^^ ^^iLll d^C. the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States ^T!-.^., fl-nV /-r>nr1ifir^n Department of Agriculture.) ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ COnQltlOn 156. THE MEDITERRANEAN CLASS 157 IS due to age, allowance must be made for it in selectingbreeders, and a knowledge of the type of a bird as a cockerelis valuable in this connection. See Fig. 56. There is also atendency on the part of some birds to be too upstanding and
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