. The gardens, poultry, and bees; embracing. Gardening; Poultry; Bees. POULTEY. 106. cooniN onnrA, or shanghai fowl. Fowls.—The chief drawbacks in rearing Spanish are the del- icacy of the chickens while young, and the length of time which elapses before the youngsters show their quality, unless they are bred ffbrn much better fowls than most persons can command; in which case the chickens develop their prize properties earlier. The combs of the hens shrink very much when they are not laying, and during the moulting season. In winter they should be protected from severe cold, which is very apt
. The gardens, poultry, and bees; embracing. Gardening; Poultry; Bees. POULTEY. 106. cooniN onnrA, or shanghai fowl. Fowls.—The chief drawbacks in rearing Spanish are the del- icacy of the chickens while young, and the length of time which elapses before the youngsters show their quality, unless they are bred ffbrn much better fowls than most persons can command; in which case the chickens develop their prize properties earlier. The combs of the hens shrink very much when they are not laying, and during the moulting season. In winter they should be protected from severe cold, which is very apt to seize the comb and wattles of the cocks. The hens lay larger eggs than any other kind of fowl we have : they are non-sitters. The chickens hatch out black, with a little mixture of dull white, or yellow. They fledge slowly, and are very delicate while young. The Minorca,—This is a plump-bodied, useful fowl, which would be a Spanish, if it could persuade its parents to bequeath it the white face which breeders and judges think so much of. The plumage is black, with metallic luster, and the hens lay fine large eggs. I believe they sit more than the Spanish, The White Spanish.—The white-faced white Spanish I believe to be merely a sport of the white-faced black Spanish. The red-faced white Spanish, or white Andalusian, is really a Spanish fowl. They are good layers, and very precocious. The stock was brought from Spain. Andalusian Fowls.—The birds which have been shown under this name are in color the kind of gray called blue, which is sometimes laced and shaded with black, Mr. Taylor, late of Shepherd's Bush, imported the original stock from Spain. They are good-looking fowls with large pendent scarlet combs like the Spanish, and are said to be good 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
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