. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. Fig. 565. Single-Combed Buff Leghorn pullet, very sound color ^ This white often appears as white at the base of the feathers next the skin all over the bird. The amount of white may be small or it may be considerable. There are two places on the fowl where this white tends especially to crop out, the tendency being particularly strong in the male, — at the base of the tail and on the back of the neck, in the hackle. In poorly bred males of this color type white at the base of the tail is conspicuous and may extend for some distance on th
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. Fig. 565. Single-Combed Buff Leghorn pullet, very sound color ^ This white often appears as white at the base of the feathers next the skin all over the bird. The amount of white may be small or it may be considerable. There are two places on the fowl where this white tends especially to crop out, the tendency being particularly strong in the male, — at the base of the tail and on the back of the neck, in the hackle. In poorly bred males of this color type white at the base of the tail is conspicuous and may extend for some distance on the main tail feathers. It is hard to eliminate entirely even in well-bred birds. It is more noticeable in Games and Brown Leghorns than in Cochins, Wyandottes, and Plymouth Rocks, because the tail is larger and the saddle feathers are less profuse. The white in the neck, unless very bad, does not show on the surface. If present, it may be found by parting the feathers of the hackle, or cape. Sometimes it is there for one third or one half the length of the feathers when no sign of it is seen on the surface. In the individual bird such defects, if not conspicuous on the surface, are not of great importance, but as they occur in most pronounced form in the males, and a female show- ing them slightly or not at all may be the daughter of a male in which they were very bad, unless the breeder is sure of his females it is doubly nec- essary that he should avoid breeding from males with such faults. In the modified black-red types the tendency is to lighter undercolor. As long as white does not break out, some diminution of the intensity of the slate color is not objectionable. 1 Photograph from owner, Monmouth Poultry Farm, Freneau, New Fig. 566. Single-Combed Buff Leghorn cock- erel ; shy, and would not pose to show style ^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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