The mating and breeding of poultry . rough theend of the feathers, select males in which the whiteedging extends clear around the end of the hacklefeathers. The black stripe of the hackle feathers shouldbe broad, the white edging narrow and the line of de-marcation between the two should be distinct. If amale is used having comparatively wide white edging tothe hackle feathers, the females mated to him shouldhave extremely narrov*^ white lacing in the hackle. Thedeeper the black stripe of the males hackle runs into the THE ASIATIC! CLASS 137 under color without a break, the better will be the
The mating and breeding of poultry . rough theend of the feathers, select males in which the whiteedging extends clear around the end of the hacklefeathers. The black stripe of the hackle feathers shouldbe broad, the white edging narrow and the line of de-marcation between the two should be distinct. If amale is used having comparatively wide white edging tothe hackle feathers, the females mated to him shouldhave extremely narrov*^ white lacing in the hackle. Thedeeper the black stripe of the males hackle runs into the THE ASIATIC! CLASS 137 under color without a break, the better will be the hacklesin the offspring. A striping in the hackle feathers of themale which is of uniform width throughout nearly itsentire length and terminating rather abruptly in a V-shaped point is preferable to a striping which tapersmore gradually to a point, as it produces better shapedblack centers in the hackle feathers of females. Themale should also be laced to a certain extent on theback at the base of the tail. See Fig. 50. Males show-. Fig. 50—Light Brahma male showing good wing markings and the lacing of some of the feathers of the back at the base of the tail. (Photograph from the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture.) ing this lacing and at the same time a bluish white orslate under color are more likely to be free from brass,while those with plain backs, that is, showing no black,and with white under color, tend toward a straw or yellowsurface color, which it is important to eliminate. Bras- 138 THE MATING AND BREEDING OF POULTRY siness in males can be largely eliminated in a few gener-ations by breeding to females with dark under should not have too much coloring in hackle andsaddle, as with this excess color is likely to go blackticking in throat, breast and fluff. Watch out formales showing purple barring in the black of tail andhackle, as this is undesirable. In order to secure thesolid black tails desired in males, male birds m
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