The mating and breeding of poultry . xceptthat the golden ground color is replaced by white. It isimportant not to breed males with bronze or rusty hackle,back, wing bows or saddle, as they will be apt to get femaleswith peppering in the tail and with feathers lacking a goodwhite center and having a frosty edging. A mating is sometimes made of a Silver Polish cock anda \iite Polish hen for the purpose of securing the lacedfeathers with pure white centers. Use a male from thismating free from rustiness to breed back to the Silverfemales. This is done to get rid of the smutty center. For defects
The mating and breeding of poultry . xceptthat the golden ground color is replaced by white. It isimportant not to breed males with bronze or rusty hackle,back, wing bows or saddle, as they will be apt to get femaleswith peppering in the tail and with feathers lacking a goodwhite center and having a frosty edging. A mating is sometimes made of a Silver Polish cock anda \iite Polish hen for the purpose of securing the lacedfeathers with pure white centers. Use a male from thismating free from rustiness to breed back to the Silverfemales. This is done to get rid of the smutty center. For defects which must be guarded against, see thedefects common to the breed (page 232), and the defectsfor the Bearded Golden Polish (page 235). The Bearded White Polish In mating this variety, the single or standard mating isused, that is, a matinj^ in which the breeders of both sexes 236 THE MATING AND BREEDING OF POULTRY are as near standard as possible. As in many other whitevarieties, there is likely to be some trouble with brassiness. Fig 78-Well-Tnarked Silver Polish feathers. ^ indicates male and F fe-male. (Photograph from the Bureau of Animal Industry. United States° ^ Department of Agriculture.) THE POLISH CLASS 237 in males, and creaminess in females. Avoid breeding frommales which show brassiness. Another defect which some-times occurs, which is not as troublesome in Wliite Polishas in some other white varieties is black ticking. However,
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