. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor ... Brightyellow. In the Cock.—Head: Silvery white, with a clearblack stripe through the centre of each feather. Thestripe should not run out at the tip, but have a silverborder throughout. The black should run well up intothe feather, and should not be grey or a nasty good hackle is rarely seen, and is a point of greatbeauty. The Saddle-hackle should match. The Shouldertip: White, laced with black. Wing-bow: Silverywhite, free from ticking, though this latter is useful in apullet breeder. Wing-coverts: Evenly laced,
. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor ... Brightyellow. In the Cock.—Head: Silvery white, with a clearblack stripe through the centre of each feather. Thestripe should not run out at the tip, but have a silverborder throughout. The black should run well up intothe feather, and should not be grey or a nasty good hackle is rarely seen, and is a point of greatbeauty. The Saddle-hackle should match. The Shouldertip: White, laced with black. Wing-bow: Silverywhite, free from ticking, though this latter is useful in apullet breeder. Wing-coverts: Evenly laced, formingtwo or more bars, well defined. The Secondaries: Blackon inner web, and wide white stripe on outer web, butedged with black. Flight feathers: The same, butbroadly striped with white on outer edge. Entirewhite colour shows a lack of pigment. Breast andUnder-paHs: The web white with jet-black lacing witha green lustre, well defined and regular in width, andfree from white tips, or white outer lacing, and thelacing to follow the feather over the whole of the J^s. SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES. AMERICAN BREEDS OF POULTRY iidS webbed surface. Under-colour: The whole of the fluffyportion of the feather to be dark slate colour. Tail:The true tail feathers, the sickle feathers and thecoverts to be black with a green lustre. Thighs andFluff: Black or dark slate powdered with dark lacing round the thighs as much as is rarely seen perfect. In the Hen.^—Head: Silvery white. Neclc: Silverywhite, «ith a clear black stripe, as in the cock, freefrom ticks. The broader and denser the striping thebetter for cock-breeding. Breast and Bade: The webof the feather, silver, with regular and well-defined blacklacing around the lohole of the webbed portion, thebroader arid more open the centre the better, accordingto present fashion, though the almond-shaped centre isvery beautiful. The black lacing should have a lustrousgreen sheen. The back and cushion are often cloudyo
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