. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . nk I ever worried much about. Bymating the very best laced birds that will almost take careof itself. Sometimes I have been troubled with the maincolor being a little light, but care in mating will fix much black or smut in tail we often have, and then onemust mate a cockerel too light in color. Like all otherbreeds, when you think only of one section of the bird, youare apt to lose In the others, as in the case of the LightBrahmas of to-day. We look to it
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . nk I ever worried much about. Bymating the very best laced birds that will almost take careof itself. Sometimes I have been troubled with the maincolor being a little light, but care in mating will fix much black or smut in tail we often have, and then onemust mate a cockerel too light in color. Like all otherbreeds, when you think only of one section of the bird, youare apt to lose In the others, as in the case of the LightBrahmas of to-day. We look to its hackle, wing and whitesurface color, and shape must take care of itself. We allfollow fads and fashions. Is it not so? 1. WILLIAMS. BREEDING AND FEEDINC. IRA C. KELLER. Possibly there is no breed of Bantams that has had somuch attention among the fanciers as the Sebrights. It isright they should, for there certainly is no breed that ap-proaches them in style and beauty. The narrow lacing showsto a great advantage, and so strikingly that at first sightthey captivate the visitors at the shows. Breeding Sebrights. PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF SILVER SEBRIGHT in years past was very wearisome, but to-day they are sowell and thoroughly bred that they breed a very large percent of high-class birds. The fancy to-day demands a nar-row lacing all over the bird. This is rather difficult toproduce, but has been greatly improved during the past fiveyears. In mating, to produce this nat-row lacing, we selectthe most narrow laced birds we have that are full lacedthroughout, with other points good, and by doing this yearafter year, the lacing can be produced very narrow. Shape and form need looking after. Early hatched Se-brights usually grow too leggy, long-backed, etc. The besttime to hatch them is from the 15th of May until the 1st ofSeptember. One can produce smaller size and better formby hatching during these months. Most American breedersfeed Bantams too heavy
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