The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . n, andso long as the surface is not too inuch broken, the markings willshow clearly. Few succeed in getting good males and females both fromthe same mating, as solid striping of hackles and saddles andsolid black breasts, thighs, fluffs and wing-bars do not ofteucome on males that are from the best penciled blood. The com- 34 POULTRY MANUAL. plications of the double mating are often resorted to with thisvariety—breeding one set of birds only for males and an entirelydifferent lot for females. T
The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . n, andso long as the surface is not too inuch broken, the markings willshow clearly. Few succeed in getting good males and females both fromthe same mating, as solid striping of hackles and saddles andsolid black breasts, thighs, fluffs and wing-bars do not ofteucome on males that are from the best penciled blood. The com- 34 POULTRY MANUAL. plications of the double mating are often resorted to with thisvariety—breeding one set of birds only for males and an entirelydifferent lot for females. This in reality is producing two varie-ties, which is much to be regretted, but with the present Stand-ard requirements, perfection can hardly be reached in bothsexes without it In the males we look for the same contrast of color as infemales, intense glossy black and orange red ground color forhackle, wing, shoulder, back and saddle hackles. The orangered contrasts more than do darker shades of red—however, theorange shade must be rich and brilliant, not the tawny fadedyellow too often
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