The leghorns, brown, white, black buff and duckwing : An illustrated leghorn standard, with a treatise on judging leghorns, and complete instructions on breeding, mating and exhibiting . the breeders to look over their ownflocks and see which male produced their best chicks lastyear. It does not matter what variety—this rule will fitthem all. If any one bird produced better stock than theother, is it not a fact that this same male molted out in bet-ter shape than any other male in your yards? That is whyI emphasize, Head your breeding pens with males at leasteighteen months old. I will give a
The leghorns, brown, white, black buff and duckwing : An illustrated leghorn standard, with a treatise on judging leghorns, and complete instructions on breeding, mating and exhibiting . the breeders to look over their ownflocks and see which male produced their best chicks lastyear. It does not matter what variety—this rule will fitthem all. If any one bird produced better stock than theother, is it not a fact that this same male molted out in bet-ter shape than any other male in your yards? That is whyI emphasize, Head your breeding pens with males at leasteighteen months old. I will give a few plain instructionsthat I believe will help every amateur to improve his breed-ing .stock. It does not matter what variety of chickens hemay be breeding, the results will be the same. Select about five or six of your best females from thisyears mating, turning them out of your breeding pens notlater than .Tune 15. Let them have unlimited range and besure that no male is with them. At the same time that youliberate them give your best male bird the run of the penthey were in, and see to it that no females are with July 20 mate these birds again, and from August 1 to. RELlflBlT Poultry joVRNAL- LEGHORN MALE STUDY. CHART /Vo. 7. Designed by Franklane L. Sewell Expressly for this Article to Illustrate the Application of the Standard of PerfectionThe Distribution of Color In all Sections of the Body islhere Portrayed, andthe Shape of aLeghorn Male Outlined. THE LEGHORNS. 27 10th set all the eggs they will lay. This will give you ahatch about September 1, and just as soon as you cau, selectthe pullets from the cockerels. Kill the pullets or separatethem, and allow the hen that hatches the chicks to run withthe cockerels just as long as she will, which usually, at thisseason of the year, will be late in winter. Give the cock-erels careful attention and the warmest house you have, andsee to it that they are never in the company of a female dur-ing the first season. These
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