. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. to skin diseases, and after the Leghorns and Minorcas became known, the Spanish gradually disappeared. White-Faced White Spanish came occasionally as sports from the black variety. Andaliisians (single-comb and rose-comb) were first known as the Blue Minorca. The color of the female is a slaty blue laced with darker blue. The color of the male is the same as that of the female on breast and body, with wing flights blue, and the hackle, back, saddle, and tail blue-black. This color is produced some- times (not regularly) by crossing black
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. to skin diseases, and after the Leghorns and Minorcas became known, the Spanish gradually disappeared. White-Faced White Spanish came occasionally as sports from the black variety. Andaliisians (single-comb and rose-comb) were first known as the Blue Minorca. The color of the female is a slaty blue laced with darker blue. The color of the male is the same as that of the female on breast and body, with wing flights blue, and the hackle, back, saddle, and tail blue-black. This color is produced some- times (not regularly) by crossing black and white birds, and in re- production continuously produces some black and some white, as well as blue, specimens. In size and shape the Andalusian is between the Leghorn and the Minorca. As usually bred it is more of the Leghorn than of the Minorca type. American Standard weights are cock, 6 pounds; cockerel, 5 pounds; hen, 5 pounds; pullet, 4 pounds. The Andalusian has long been known in England, but is a com- paratively recent arrival in America. Here it is a favorite with a few, but is not generally popular, be- cause of the uncertainty of color in breeding. Other races of the Mediterranean type. Throughout Europe there are many races like the Mediter- ranean (especially the Leghorn) type in form and size but unlike it in the color of â the skin ; and though in many cases their Fig. 358- Blue Andalusian cock. Fig. 359. Blue Andalusian pullet. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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