. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 363 Originally all were single-combed (as they are still in Spain), the rose-combed subvarieties having been made recently in America. Castilian fowls are in appearance unimproved Minorcas. They are supposed to be the original breed from which the others are derived. According to tradition they were brought to Spain by the Moors at the time of the Moorish invasion. If that could be estab- lished,'it would indicate a third line of movement of fowls from the starting point across northern Africa. Such t
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 363 Originally all were single-combed (as they are still in Spain), the rose-combed subvarieties having been made recently in America. Castilian fowls are in appearance unimproved Minorcas. They are supposed to be the original breed from which the others are derived. According to tradition they were brought to Spain by the Moors at the time of the Moorish invasion. If that could be estab- lished,'it would indicate a third line of movement of fowls from the starting point across northern Africa. Such traditions, however, are most unreliable, and in a broad survey of the movement and development of these races it appears far more probable that the Spanish races were developed from the Italian. The difference in color of skin and legs is no obstacle to this theory, for yellow-skinned races produce many individuals with white skin, and popular pref- erence for black fowls would lead to the establishment of white or gray skin and dark legs as race characteristics. The Castilian fowl is in size between the Leghorn and the Minorca, with color of skin and shanks like the Minorca, while the comb is more of the Leghorn style, and the ear lobes are white tipped with red. Black is the preferred color, but there are also whites and mixtures (especially the darker shades) of black and white. Castilian fowls, particularly the black, were introduced into England and Holland several centuries ago, and from them came the two varieties next described. Minorcas (two color varieties, black and white, single-combed and rose-combed subvarieties of both) were long called Red-faced Spanish. English breeders made the Minorca, as afterwards they made their Leghorns, more on meat-type lines, — made it larger and heavier; and the fanciers breeding for exhibition carried the. Fig. 352. Silver Duckwing Leghorn cockerel. (Photograph from owner, Thomas Peer). Please note that these images are extracted f
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