Poultry fancier . bird if he has type and even surfacecolor, and above all a well set comb and bright redeye. Black Orpingtons are among the most attractivespecimens in the chicken world as no breed can equalthem for massiveness and, if good specimens, theirdeep green sheen when seen in the sun has a mostbrilliant contrast to the green grass or even to a gravelpen. The hardest point to deal with is their tendencyto produce barring across their feathers, in fact, veryfew are quite free from it. But this can be bred outwith consistent care and selection. Never mate a deepgreen sheen male with fe
Poultry fancier . bird if he has type and even surfacecolor, and above all a well set comb and bright redeye. Black Orpingtons are among the most attractivespecimens in the chicken world as no breed can equalthem for massiveness and, if good specimens, theirdeep green sheen when seen in the sun has a mostbrilliant contrast to the green grass or even to a gravelpen. The hardest point to deal with is their tendencyto produce barring across their feathers, in fact, veryfew are quite free from it. But this can be bred outwith consistent care and selection. Never mate a deepgreen sheen male with females that have any sheenat all if possible; the more dull in color the better, sothat they are black to the skin. White Orpingtons are the most sought after ofall breeds at the present moment and to any one whois a believer in numbers, look up the number of WhiteOrpingtons that have been shown this winter at , Chicago, New York and Baltimore and you willbe greatly surprised, as in several cases, they have.
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