Standard - bred wyandottes, silver laced, golden laced, white, buff, black and partridge .. . ^W^^ A IKIZE-WINNING BUFF WVANDOTTK COCKEREL, BRKdJanD Owned by M. F. Norris. symmetry and color. The male bird at the head of thebreeding pen should be symmetrical in shape, strongand vigorous — and he should be the offspring of asire excelling in these points. Do not forget thatthe male bird has the greater influence on the colorof the oif spring, especially of the cockerels. If finecolored males be desired it is necessary that the sire be offine color. By mating a good sire to his own progeny thego
Standard - bred wyandottes, silver laced, golden laced, white, buff, black and partridge .. . ^W^^ A IKIZE-WINNING BUFF WVANDOTTK COCKEREL, BRKdJanD Owned by M. F. Norris. symmetry and color. The male bird at the head of thebreeding pen should be symmetrical in shape, strongand vigorous — and he should be the offspring of asire excelling in these points. Do not forget thatthe male bird has the greater influence on the colorof the oif spring, especially of the cockerels. If finecolored males be desired it is necessary that the sire be offine color. By mating a good sire to his own progeny thegood breeding qualities of the parent bird will beretained in the resulting offspring. Color and other desirable qualities may be in-tensified by judicious inbreeding. It is equally truethat if a mistake is made in the selection of thebreeding stock undesirable qualities may be repro-duced in an exaggerated form. Many persons en-gaged in raising poultry think that they must in-troduce new blood from a different strain eachyear, and so they go backward instead of every breed
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