The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . drooping onto the head. Solid and firm on the head,and finishing in the beak with a smooth, finely tapered spike,which turns gradually and slightly upward, it is a smartly car-ried, coral-like comb that gives a fine bit of contrast in color tothe clear black and white plumage. The wattles are not verylong, more rounded than is usually seen in Leghorns and not sopendulous or loosely hung. The face is rounded and often isseen on it the dark purple or black enamel giving use to the termgypsy faced
The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . drooping onto the head. Solid and firm on the head,and finishing in the beak with a smooth, finely tapered spike,which turns gradually and slightly upward, it is a smartly car-ried, coral-like comb that gives a fine bit of contrast in color tothe clear black and white plumage. The wattles are not verylong, more rounded than is usually seen in Leghorns and not sopendulous or loosely hung. The face is rounded and often isseen on it the dark purple or black enamel giving use to the termgypsy faced. The ear lobe is large and should be free fromwrinkles, set on flat to the face, not standing out much or infolds—its color equal to a new white kid glove. The legs andfeet are light bluish slate, are fine in bone and very trim andwell-formed. The expert English fanciers favor in the showHamburg that sprightly tip-toeing, or bantam-like walk, and en-courage it by training. We might say that our model for the male bird in the pres-ent article was overcrowded with good plumage, if such a thing. Silver Spang-led Hamburg-Female. 70 POULTRY MANUAL. could be, yet we have seen some foolish judges who would notrecognize a birds quality that was over wealthy in quality. Hereit is seen in the spangles being so large and the feathering soprofuse that the spangles seem trespassing on each othersground, or, as might be considered by some faulty for a showbird, overlapping. But such a bird among American Hamburgswould be worth his weight in gold. You could pluck from anyspot on his breast such feathers as number one. The importingof a few such specimens would revolutionize Hamburgs in ourcountry and awaken the interest in the old race on which hasbeen spent so much artful breeding. THE HOUDAN BREED The Most Popular of all French Varieties and Held in HighEsteem as a Table Fowl. The Houdan: To the Frenchman, par excellence, as a mar-ket fowl, and the leading race of France according to Ame
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