. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. Pekin cock should rise from between his shoulders and not just forward of the tail proper, as is so often seen. The tail should be very full and surrounded with abundant saddle feathers and tail coverts with but few hard quills. The tail should help to add shape to both back and saddle. The fluff under the saddle and tail should be very full. This formation makes the most perfect and handsome looking bird. This is the natural tail formation for the
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. Pekin cock should rise from between his shoulders and not just forward of the tail proper, as is so often seen. The tail should be very full and surrounded with abundant saddle feathers and tail coverts with but few hard quills. The tail should help to add shape to both back and saddle. The fluff under the saddle and tail should be very full. This formation makes the most perfect and handsome looking bird. This is the natural tail formation for the Pekin, see Fig. 31. The legs of the Pekin should be short, in fact, a mature cock bird when well feathered, should appear as if his body almost touched the ground. To have this form his body must be set low between the legs, and the fluff must be quite abundant; this also widens out his legs and adds ^''S-^^.-Rear view of Male. to their breadth. Always remember, however, that a Cochin Bantam never reaches its full form under sixteen or eighteen months, and is often two years old before it is fully developed. Quite often this is forgotten, and we expect to see a matured form on a young specimen. The female must also conform to the description of a standard Cochin. Head, neck and body formation, should be a miniature Cochin. The divided back so often seen, more especially in Buffs, should be guarded against; this is from lack of cushion and a narrow tail. The narrow or flat tail grows up between the wings, unsupported by any cushion, and gives the divided form of back, which is the very worst defect a Cochin Bantam can have, and should be stamped out as soon as possible. Do not hope to do this in a day, for it may take years to fully accomplish it, as it did in the standard varieties, and even now it is often seen in them. The cushion should begin just back of her shoulders and sweep back about the tail as in a well formed Cochin pullet ot the larger variety. The Pekin's tail bei
Size: 1555px × 1606px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherquincyillreliablep
