The mating and breeding of poultry . .S/fCn /? j^iz^^i^^y^r B/FiT^S ^. Fig. 70—Well-marked Silver Gray Dorking feathers. M indicates male and F female. (Photograph from the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture.) 196 THE MATING AND BREEDING OF POULTRY The hackle should be as clear a silvery white as can besecured, but usually there will be some striping in lowerhackle. The clearer the hackle the freer the saddle will befrom any tendency toward striping. The clearest top-colored males are quite likely to show frosting, however.\\ith him mate two kinds of females, th
The mating and breeding of poultry . .S/fCn /? j^iz^^i^^y^r B/FiT^S ^. Fig. 70—Well-marked Silver Gray Dorking feathers. M indicates male and F female. (Photograph from the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture.) 196 THE MATING AND BREEDING OF POULTRY The hackle should be as clear a silvery white as can besecured, but usually there will be some striping in lowerhackle. The clearer the hackle the freer the saddle will befrom any tendency toward striping. The clearest top-colored males are quite likely to show frosting, however.\\ith him mate two kinds of females, the first light females,which produce the best males, and the second dark females,which produce the best females. The light females to select will be among the lightest ofthe flock, having an ashy gray top color, while the darkfemales best to use will be among the darkest of the flock,their general top color being a slaty or silvery grav. Thesedark females are standard in color. In selecting these twokinds of females, it will be found to be a great aid to holdtwo fe
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