The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . d have a light colored shaft, and sad-dle should be striped with black, same as neck feathers. The female should have a golden or lemon color forhead, running a little lighter for neck, which should be pen-ciled with a narrow stripe of black down the middle of eachfeather; the balanceof the plumageshould be a lustrousblack, the breastfeathers laced withlemon. All feathersshowing the lemonlacing should belaced with the sameshade as the neckfeathers. Whatevershade the
The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . d have a light colored shaft, and sad-dle should be striped with black, same as neck feathers. The female should have a golden or lemon color forhead, running a little lighter for neck, which should be pen-ciled with a narrow stripe of black down the middle of eachfeather; the balanceof the plumageshould be a lustrousblack, the breastfeathers laced withlemon. All feathersshowing the lemonlacing should belaced with the sameshade as the neckfeathers. Whatevershade the neck is,the breast lacingshould be the same,and each feather onbreast of both maleand female shouldbe evenly laced allround with a narrowedge of the sameshade as neck legs and feet of mr. male and fe-male should be quite dark in color. If black legs can be had they are by far thebest. Good colored Brown-Reds bred together should produceboth males and fenjales of the proper colors. To keep thecolor true the highest grade males should be bred to themost perfect females, and to regain any lost color in PARKERS NEW YORK WINNING BLACK-RED GAME BANTAM HEN. 10 THE BANTAM FOWI,.
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