Domestic fowl and ornamental poultry; Domestic fowl and ornamental poultry; domesticfowlorna00rich Year: 1852 VARIETIES OF THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 4d The Game fowl is somewhat inferior in size to other breeds, and in his shape he approximates more closely to the elegance and lightness of form usually characteristic of a pure and uncontaminated race. Amongst poultry he is what the Arabian is amongst horses, the high-bred short-horn amongst cattle, and the fleet greyhound amongst the canine race. The flesh of the Game fowl is beautifully white, as well as tender and delicate. The hens are excellent
Domestic fowl and ornamental poultry; Domestic fowl and ornamental poultry; domesticfowlorna00rich Year: 1852 VARIETIES OF THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 4d The Game fowl is somewhat inferior in size to other breeds, and in his shape he approximates more closely to the elegance and lightness of form usually characteristic of a pure and uncontaminated race. Amongst poultry he is what the Arabian is amongst horses, the high-bred short-horn amongst cattle, and the fleet greyhound amongst the canine race. The flesh of the Game fowl is beautifully white, as well as tender and delicate. The hens are excellent layers, and although the eggs are some- what under the average size, they are not to be surpassed in excellence of flavor. Such being the character of this variety of fowl, it would doubtless be much more extensively cultivated than it is, were it not for the difficulty attending the rearing of the young, their pugnacity being such, that a brood is scarcely feathered before at least one-half is killed or blinded by fighting. The beauty of form and brilliancy of color displayed in the Game fowl, renders the breed very desirable; they are of all colors, and each variety seems to have had its patrons, the rule being to mate the cock with hens of the same feather. The brood cock for purposes of battle, says this authority, ' should have every feature of health; such as a ruddy com- plexion, feathers close and short, flesh firm and compact, breast full, yet taper, and thin behind, full in the girth, well coupled, lofty and spiring, a good well-developed thigh, the beam of the leg strong, a large quick eye, beak strong and crooked.' ' In the choice of your hens,' says Spetchly, ' let them be rightly plumed to the cock ; nor let your choice fall upon those that are large, but rather suiier the cock to make up for the deficiency of the hen in size. In shape they should be similar to the cock, lofty necks, short and close feathered- A true blood hen is clean and sinewy in the leg, the
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