. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . ough this can be carried too far,and the laying qualities injured. It has been injured insome exhibition strains, and the pullets will not laytill nine or ten months old. If eggs are the chief aim,pullets hatched in April and May will begin to lay inOctober or earlier, if they are kept growing and alloweda fair amount of stimulating food. For crossing with other breeds they have hardly anequal, and invariably increase the size of the eggs, whilethey most frequently add to their abundance. A strain of Minorcas bred for layin
. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor . ough this can be carried too far,and the laying qualities injured. It has been injured insome exhibition strains, and the pullets will not laytill nine or ten months old. If eggs are the chief aim,pullets hatched in April and May will begin to lay inOctober or earlier, if they are kept growing and alloweda fair amount of stimulating food. For crossing with other breeds they have hardly anequal, and invariably increase the size of the eggs, whilethey most frequently add to their abundance. A strain of Minorcas bred for laying will readily yieldan average of 150 to 170 eggs a year, and though theshell is white, their large size, excellent flavour, anddeep-coloured yelk make them readily saleable, andtown-dwellers who keep them and get winter eggshave no difficulty in selling all they have to disposeof. Where they are kept for this purpose the medium- MEDITERRANEAN BREEDS 425 sized fowl do better than the very large ones, andmedium-sized head points should be preferred to those m THE EXHIBITION MINORCA By the courtesy of the Minorca Club, of which I havefor many years been a vice-president, I am able to give 426 THE POULTRY MANUAL a copy of ideal Minorcas of both sexes, which willenable the reader to understand many of the points,and also to give a copy of the Standard of Perfection,to which I add a few explanatory notes of my own. General Characteristics and Colour of Cock Head.—Long and broad, so as to carry the combquite erect. Beak.—Fairly long, but stout; dark horn colour orblack. Eye.—Full, bright, and expressive. Note.—A dark eye, as nearly black as possible, sets off aMinorca. Many otherwise good birds are spoilt by a gamey eye. Where black cannot be got, dark brown is next best, butred eyes, or those of a daw character, are to be avoided. A darkeye is usually accompanied by a dark leg. Comb.—Single, large, evenly serrated, perfectly up-right, firmly set on the head, strai
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