. Fanciers' journal and land & water . difficult to protect against frost thanthat of a Leghorn or Black Spanish. While it should not be aslarge as either of these, it should be in keeping with the size ofthe bird, be straight on the head, evenly serrated, free fromtwists, lops, or side-sprigs. The beak should be strong at the base, and not too short, wellcurved, and yellow in color. This is one of the difficult points to9 get in Plymouth Rocks. Some of the best fowls we have seenwere faulty in the color of the bills. In our observation it hasbeen a rare thing to see perfect bills in hens; tha
. Fanciers' journal and land & water . difficult to protect against frost thanthat of a Leghorn or Black Spanish. While it should not be aslarge as either of these, it should be in keeping with the size ofthe bird, be straight on the head, evenly serrated, free fromtwists, lops, or side-sprigs. The beak should be strong at the base, and not too short, wellcurved, and yellow in color. This is one of the difficult points to9 get in Plymouth Rocks. Some of the best fowls we have seenwere faulty in the color of the bills. In our observation it hasbeen a rare thing to see perfect bills in hens; that is to say, inPlymouth Rock hens. Yellow bills are common enough inCochin Rocks and Brahma Rocks, and it was mainly for thepurpose of getting yellow bills .and legs that our Plymouth Rockhas been metamorphosed by the introduction of so much Asiaticblood. The eye should be full, bright, quick; color of iris, bay. The wattles should be of fair medium size, well shaped, neithertoo long nor too short, and they should correspond with each.
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